History Who remembers the car club plaques from the 50s...?

My dad does

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I still have mine...from 1955

 

http://carclubplaques.pairsite.com

 

NICE!

 

A plaque I found 25 years ago from the town I've lived in for over 30 years and the original carving it was cast from that my son-in-law found a couple years ago. A priceless combination in my opinion.

 

We have revived the CHARIOTS in Norwalk Ct. check out my post: here are two plates: one from 1959 and the other from 2017: sk

 

I was surfin around the web looking for a lone wolf plaque...ya, I know it's a clique but I really am kind of a loner when I stumbled onto a site that claims they bought all of the molds that were used back then and still have them...

According to them there were only two places that made them...HOWEVER when I searched Pan Draggers Lansing that one was not there

They have a database that is searchable by club, city or state so I decided to search my home town and low and behold there it was...Westbrook, Maine.....The Checkmates...
I moved from there 30 years ago and have not yet found anybody that remembers the club but with Facebook etc I am going to try again now that I have this one in hand...
I am a sentimental and nostalgic old fool so of course I thought this was way cool

Not sure exactly what I am going to do with it but I will find some cool way to use it

I just thought I would share ...

 

They do have that one...
http://www.obrientruckers.com/plaques/24047.jpg

 

Just so you know, Dennis O'Brien is here on the HAMB.

 

The site is O'Brien Truckers: Dennis has done our plates, key chains: He also struck plates for the Coachmen Rod & Custom here in Norwalk from the original pattern: He is a wealth of knowledge: He might be helpful on the club: Thanks for the thread: sk

 

Oh! LOL Very cool! Well....if he sees this....I love my plaque!

 

More than 40 pages:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/car-club-plaque-photos.239936/

 

Our local club was around in the late 50's to sometime in the mid to late 60's

 

Well...now I feel stupid! LOL Guess I shoulda known...

 

In the words of the late Gilda Radner ..."Never mind!"
LOL....I shoulda known this was not news to you guys LOL

 

Personally I'd like to see 40 more pages by those who missed the first go around in 2008 !

 

Our club since 1957...

 

Dennis did these for us...........He's the acknowledged authority on all things club plaque.

 

It might have started in 08 but by page 40 the last post was November 30...2017.

 

There was someone that posted a call for info on New England clubs: the site: New England Hot Rod and Kustom Historical Society: Some nice pics: Would like to see more on the early history: There are still a lot of founding members around from these early clubs that have a lot of hot rod knowledge: Nostalgia is very popular and we need the wisdom of the early hot rodders and pass it along: I know i have had the good fortune to have a few around here: They can tell you how to do it: sk

 

Club Plaque by edcodesign posted Dec 16, 2010 at 9:45 AM

One from my cousins club member from Waterbury, Ct. , Custom Chariots, his design. That club gave me the hot rod bug !

 

Mine, ROAMING BUFFALO'S.

 

I have been researching this one from my home town for a while,Dennis O'brien has shead some light on the plaque and told me who cast them,Chicago Metal Craft, and speculated they may have been made in the 50's.

I have talked to all the guys older than me and most tell me it has to be from the late 40's or early 50's but I still haven't found any information on who,what or when. HRP

 

My Dads club from the mid to late 50's, South side Chicago. I believe that some of the members MAY still be around.

 

here's our founded 1957

 

Veddy interesting! Dennis has the master for the famous IGNITERS club of San Jose, CA. (chartered in 1952?) If @Rod&Wheeler Dennis is on here, can he clarify?
But I think this was a later version, as the original plaque had the spark plug being 'ignited' by a short lightning bolt. The match version may have been post-1962...

 

wouldn't the casting carving need to be the reverse image??? either way its a coool group.

 

The originals that were cast from about 57 to 73 were done by Chicago Metal Castings in Port Chicago Ca.
Obrien's has cast the last batch.

 

The carving is the positive that you are producing. The carving is used to create the sand form that would be the reverse or negative. When you pour the aluminum you get your positive again.