Dealer emblems

[70cobrascj]

Anyone know if there is someone reproducing old dealer emblems?

 

[mjlan]

I do not.

I do remember as a kid popping them off of cars in the junkyard and pocketing them.

I had a wall in my parent's garage with tons of them stuck in the drywall. When we moved out and I took them all down (where they went ???) my dad was pissed that I messed up the wall. Oops...

 

[70cobrascj]

I found Billetbadges in another post.
Would be a good option.
But with todays 3D printers I would think it would be possibly cheaper

 

[Hemikiller]

There's a guy, Brad Barrie, on the FB groups that does license plate frames and decals. Don't think he does emblems.

https://www.facebook.com/brad.barrie.31/

There's also a dealer emblem and plate frame group too.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2442530672674530

 

[70cobrascj]

I do not.

I do remember as a kid popping them off of cars in the junkyard and pocketing them.

I had a wall in my parent's garage with tons of them stuck in the drywall. When we moved out and I took them all down (where they went ???) my dad was pissed that I messed up the wall. Oops...

Be nice to have them now

 

[70cobrascj]

There's a guy, Brad Barrie, on the FB groups that does license plate frames and decals. Don't think he does emblems.

https://www.facebook.com/brad.barrie.31/

There's also a dealer emblem and plate frame group too.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2442530672674530

Crazy found one on ePay

 

[72conv]

I'm fortunate to have the original dealer emblem on my '72 convertible. When I had the car painted in the spring of 1991, the body shop welded up the mounting holes for the emblem. They were shocked when I griped at them about it, telling me that "Nobody wants those ugly old emblems on their show cars!" So when I got the car home, I waited a few weeks for the paint to fully cure, then I drilled two new holes and screwed the emblem back on! It's never been off the car since that day.

As you can see, the car was sold new by Courtesy Ford in Garland, Texas. I did a show there sometime in the early 1990s, and the dealership personnel thought it was pretty cool that my car was sold new by their dealership and was still around and looking good. The dealership is still there and still selling Fords, but it has changed hands several times over the years and today it is known as Randall Reed's Planet Ford.

 

[RD-72]

I ended up really lucky …
The dealership that originally sold my car is still in business… and about 150 miles away.
The body shop broke one the pins when removing the original.
I called up the dealership who searched and found me a replacement they had stuffed away somewhere in the back
Picture 1: original
Picture 2: replacement (with extra sticker)

 

[72MustangSprint]

My 1968 Ford country sedan still wears the dealer plate

 

[Spike Morelli]

I know the Tasca Ford dealer emblems are being reproduced. In the sixties, Tasca was a big player in offering High Performance Fords. I believe Bob Tasca was involved with the '68 428 Cobra Jet Mustang being built.

 

[70cobrascj]

I ended up really lucky …
The dealership that originally sold my car is still in business… and about 150 miles away.
The body shop broke one the pins when removing the original.
I called up the dealership who searched and found me a replacement they had stuffed away somewhere in the back
Picture 1: original
Picture 2: replacement (with extra sticker)

Wow that’s nice

 

[Ron Tanzi]

I know the Tasca Ford dealer emblems are being reproduced. In the sixties, Tasca was a big player in offering High Performance Fords. I believe Bob Tasca was involved with the '68 428 Cobra Jet Mustang being built.

I bought my Mazda 6 from Tasca. They relocated located to Cranston RI several years ago after moving from East Providence RI (where all that 428 CJ magic happened) their current dealership is enormous. I got a tour of their secret stash of collectables and drag race cars when I was there a couple of years ago. The older gentleman Ernie who gave me the tour was a employee of the Tasca race team. Really nice guy and he had a lot of stories about his friendship with the Late Bob Tasca Sr. and of course crazy car tales.
Ron

 

[Big Red Mach 1]

I've found tons on eBay.

 

[Spike Morelli]

How many of us are lucky enough to have a Ford dealership emblem that's your name????

 

[Spike Morelli]

This is chrome, and about 11" long...click on it to see the entire metal emblem.

 

[Spike Morelli]

There's a Fairlane/Torino/Galaxie Restoration Parts company called Dearborn Classics, that sells the Tasca reproductions. This is an old catalog so price , I'm sure, is changed.

 

[Spike Morelli]

What are even more collectable, are cherry dealership license plate frames. I just missed out on a great set of Russ Davis Ford ( Covina, California) frames. My Mach 1 was sold from that dealer, and Gas Ronda, of Mustang drag racing fame, was sponsored by Russ Davis Ford as well .

 

[72MustangSprint]

What are even more collectable, are cherry dealership license plate frames. I just missed out on a great set of Russ Davis Ford ( Covina, California) frames. My Mach 1 was sold from that dealer, and Gas Ronda, of Mustang drag racing fame, was sponsored by Russ Davis Ford as well .

Didn’t the dealers go to frames instead of plates ?

 

[Spike Morelli]

I can't verify if dealers went to frames instead of emblems, but a good many , if not most, eventually, went to license frames. Show 'em if you got 'em.

 

[Stillakid54]

Here are several of my originals.
After years of searching unsuccessfully, with an image of an original, I had the Frank Coletto reproduced at:

https://bestlicenseplateframes.com/custom/car-license-plates-frames/standard-metal.html