Mark Gregory Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Emblemagic Classic Car Emblems and Badges - antique cloisonne badges and plastic insert emblems our two specialties https://emblemagic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Mark, I remember a company from years back that specialized in cloisonne emblem restoration but I can't tell you if it's the same company. If they can restore lucite-filled emblems they have a wide-open market. Half the Oldsmobile people I know are trying to find those for their 70s cars that the plastic has either fallen out or crazed so badly as to be unusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Never used them but I think they have been around a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gregory Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 This lady restores the emblems but he is missing the emblem for a 1929 Reo Mate http://www.maxwellenamels.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Emblemagic Classic Car Emblems and Badges has been for sale for quite a few years. In December it was purchased by Pati Monroe Fairchild in California. Pati is a very talented individual and has be reproducing quality MoPar emblems for a few years. I think she will do a great job keeping Emblemagic going. She just moved all the molds and equipment to her shop. She is in the process of updating the website to include her information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I just talked to Pati Fairchild the new owner of Emblemagic. The email contact on the website goes to her now as well as the phone number on the website. The mailing address is now 1961 Obispo Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. The phone number is still (440) 209-0792 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgedude37 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I am having trouble reaching Pati she has two of my emblems one for trade, one for restore, & $200.00. The voice-mail is full & no response from email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I have heard about similar problems with this company on other sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpage Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Sad to hear this! I had 2 Dodge emblems done soon after the business was sold. The owner was kind enough to do them but did say he wasn't taking anymore work on. Took about 6 months to get them back but they are beautiful. It's sad to see so many of these small specialty shops failing or going out of business after the original owner sold. This trend could ruin the hobby! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoneyPit Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Sad to hear about the problems with another place, it’s always hard to find a great supplier! I had supplied Karla Maxwell with the photos and measurements of a Chalmers Detroit emblem many years ago now, and she made an exceptional copy for a client who needed one. She offered to restore mine but I prefer to keep them original unless they are totally destroyed. The last ones I sent out, a Bell and an Anderson, went to John Webster who’s work was great but he passed away not long after doing them for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Rau Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 9:34 PM, Dodgedude37 said: I am having trouble reaching Pati she has two of my emblems one for trade, one for restore, & $200.00. The voice-mail is full & no response from email. I also am having problems trying to reach Emblematic. Paid a deposit several months ago to restore a REO emblem. Last contact was August 2, 2021 and since then no reply to text, email and phone voicemail box full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harf111 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Don Rau said: I also am having problems trying to reach Emblematic. Paid a deposit several months ago to restore a REO emblem. Last contact was August 2, 2021 and since then no reply to text, email and phone voicemail box full. I just sent her an email this evening concerning my emblem. I decided to do some "research" and it landed me here. She has my 1934 Dodge grille emblem and I paid the full price for the restoration. My last email contact with her was 8/6/2021. The emblem was quoted to have been done early September. There is a post to her instagram account as of 5 weeks ago. Edited November 3, 2021 by Harf111 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I sure hope you guys can resolve this issue in a good way. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I've communicated with Pati Fairchild of Emblemagic today. Her phone and email service has been out for two weeks and just restored today. She has over 200 phone messages and as many emails to respond to, which she is working through now. Pati purchased Emblemagic back in January and is a very talented lady who had excellent experience in this area before. She also still has a full time job in addition to Emblemagic, so has been working 18 hours a day trying to keep up with the demand. Pati has also had problems with subcontractors who do various outside work for her. This is the type of business we need to keep supporting to keep it going in the hobby. I believe Pati will deliver on all that she has promised but it may take longer than originally promised. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harf111 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 After more digging, I found her Facebook profile and see a post with Dodgedudes emblem as well as Don Rau's and mine all in the same picture! https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10215583268574927&set=a.10203939048996715 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harf111 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) Dodgedude37, I recieved two cryptic emails last night from 4402090792 with no subject. I was hesitant to open either and Google searched the number, only to have it come back as the emblemagic phone number. One contained the attached two pictures and one contained the following message as an attachment: "Hello! This emblem is done and looks great except my chrome guy is scared and refuses to work with enameled parts. It is in nickel, it does not have the final layer of chrome. I have been trying to find a trustworthy shop to dip the final step, but haven't found one locally yet. Should I send the emblem now as-is? Thanks, Pati Emblemagic.com" Hopefully this helps. I sent a response that this is not my emblem. Hopefully, mine hasn't gone somewhere it's not supposed to. Edited November 14, 2021 by Harf111 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harf111 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Also, after looking further in my Email account I received a Paypal notice on 11/11 that my emblem shipped and will be delivered early this week. Hopefully, it is my emblem. I will update in this thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harf111 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Final update, My emblem arrived about an hour ago and I couldn't be more pleased. Pati has some serious technology issues going on and is making the best of it. She attached a note with the emblem. Edited November 17, 2021 by Harf111 (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Great job. I have done the re enamel of a few things decades ago, not an easy task as it is not just remove and fill the area, the different colored enamels melt at different degrees and some while melted and liquid others are still in the lumpy powder stage. this is if your emblem has several colors. The Brooklands race track badge I did dates from the 1920s has 7 colors - ROYAL PITA. it was the final one that I did decades ago, just to much effort and time. Once they are melted and fired into place you have to file down lumps to smooth the whole project to a similar level. Yes, I have to many projects, and to much equipment to occupy retirement. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Wow. Nice work. Wonder how they were mass produced back in the day. Bob Edited November 17, 2021 by Bhigdog (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Not sure how they were produced. Most car club badges like this of that era or radiator shell badges had far less colors. Brooklands is a banked track and steep - I have visited the site in Surrey, England several times . Most of it is still there and the Brooklands Society has reunions there. The companies that made these and car badges are a lost art/industry. Everything now is primarily plastic. I did have the students in my art club at the school I taught at do enamel work on small die cut brass shapes. No one was around when I fired them in a very small ceramic kiln specifically made to do this in. We hung a loop on one end after they were fired and a chain so the kids could have a necklace. Parents reaction was "you made that?!!" Kids were 10 to 12 years old. Most of the time we only used 2 colors of enamel powder. Is anyone shaking their head thinking 'he's crazy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 These emblems were mass produced back when there were very few if any environmental regulations. Just about every material used was toxic and probably many are no longer available in the original form. D. L. Auld was one of the largest makers and I read many years ago that their factory site in Columbus OH was a Superfund cleanup site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketofBolts Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 The good ole days of toxins and lead based paint and asbestos and the smell of fuel lingering in the air while rubbing your hands together with solvents to take away the grease. Those were special days for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 14 hours ago, BucketofBolts said: The good ole days of toxins and lead based paint and asbestos and the smell of fuel lingering in the air while rubbing your hands together with solvents to take away the grease. Those were special days for sure. The smell of REAL gasoline is one of my fondest memories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I recently read a quote that stated the past is like a foreign land, they do things differently there….. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packard Don Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Pati did some beautiful work for me in reproducing tail light lenses from NOS samples that I supplied and she was working on quite a few shift indicators when she fell off the grid! She had told me that when she bought the company, the domain name did not transfer over and that it had been a nightmare to convince the registrar to transfer it to her and I believe there was a similar issue with the telephone. I understood that she had gotten it sorted out so not sure why her telephone mailbox is full. Although I have not paid her for the latest work, she does have my original samples for the indicators including a couple NOS and I have another protect for her too. I finally reached out to some friends of hers through another organization to which she is a member and am told that she is okay but that she is off somewhere doing something related to photography but it was rather vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 10/31/2021 at 12:58 PM, TheMoneyPit said: Sad to hear about the problems with another place, it’s always hard to find a great supplier! I had supplied Karla Maxwell with the photos and measurements of a Chalmers Detroit emblem many years ago now, and she made an exceptional copy for a client who needed one. She offered to restore mine but I prefer to keep them original unless they are totally destroyed. The last ones I sent out, a Bell and an Anderson, went to John Webster who’s work was great but he passed away not long after doing them for me. You actually have a BELL emblem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoneyPit Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, Restorer32 said: You actually have a BELL emblem ? And it’s not as scarce as the Anderson in my opinion… they are just below the Duesenburg in this display: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 We restored the only surviving Bell and took it thru AACA judging. It was actually on the back cover of Antique Automobile in 1987 or 1988 At that time we knew of only a couple Bell emblems. The owner of the car we restored had 2 emblems, the Swigert Museum had 1 and there was 1 in the Smithsonian. Since then a very incomplete Bell touring body showed up at a farm sale here in PA. Happy to know another emblem has surfaced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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