Anyone know of a company that makes fender badges similar to the Barris crest ? I’ve done some Google searching and didn’t really come up with much other than the C-10 style badges etc.
About ten yrs ago I was asked to design badges for a build. I drew it up in CAD and it was sent to a company that did EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining). It then needed to be chromed. Beautiful but expensive.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1867912991/fits-fender-custom-aluminum-amp-plate https://borthautoparts.com/parts-products-catalog/pontiac/pontiac-emblems-scripts/pontiac-custom-gm-emblem/ kinda Barris https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/22929850-embarrassed-vector-icon-design https://www.customcarchronicle.com/cc-builders/barris-kustom-shop/the-barris-crest/#:~:text=When the Custom Car revival took place in I would warn you off of using a true or reproduction crest on your own car unless it was Barris built. Come up with your own design and make it yourself or have one made at an engraving or trophy shop.
Not looking for a Barris crest. Looking for some one to make crests of my own design for my build Thanks for the links !
I had some made for my shop a long time ago, maybe 15-20 years. I shopped around for places to do it, but all seemed expensive. I got the idea to check Taiwan manufacturers, and found one ( I believe it was called Diamond manufacturing) who's pictures of what they made, were even being used by the US sellers. At around 1/3 the cost. I submitted a design and we went back and forth until I was satisfied. They came out very nice! I can look to see if I have any contact info. As well as find a pic of my badge so you can see.
New car dealer,nearly all have them made,so look into that. The onloy hard part there=is what is there min. #s
Here's a couple of manufacturers of embossed and enameled pins and badges. I'm guessing this is similar to what you're looking for. These appear to be off-shore vendors that came up on a quick search but might give you some ideas. Probably not terribly expensive by the piece but the minimum order quantities may pose a problem. https://www.jinsheu.com/en/category/metal-name-plates.html https://www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel-Pins
A quick search of custom emblem makers on the internet came up with a few hits that look promising . A few are on Amazon. Here is one from the internet search that looks promising: Custom Metal Emblems & Badges With Logo - Monterey Company
Motor Head Jewelery in Louisville, Kentucky. I don't remember her name but she has done Emblems for some high end cars This is from her website page.
Got pics, off my Dodge. Didn't find the packing receipt, yet. They are a little over 2 inches tall. Probably brass, with chrome plating, and fired enamel colors. VERY durable, and look great. I have used double face tape to mount them, but I've also soldered machine screws to the back, for some cars. No problems with the heat affecting the crest.
I knew someone who would make enamelled badges as a hobby, I used to lend my heat-treating furnace to them for the "enamel" phase, not sure how the brass base was made, possibly cast.
Yeah today I would imagine people doing small runs would just use a CNC router. There is a lady locally that does this type of thing and the metal parts are all just cnced.
When my son played ice hockey, the teams would have pins made. They were metal and were enameled. Some were about 3 inches in size, and they would order them in groups of around 100. I don't remember what they cost as it was about 30 years ago, but I remember that it wasn't a lot. They sold the pins for $10.00 each.
Dragonwagen, you are from Ohio as I am. A few years ago the Mrs and I attended an “enameling” workshop here in Cincinnati. I don’t think it survived Covid. But I googled enameling workshops and found a few art studios here doing it. Maybe you and the family could attend one of these and make your own.
The economies of scale in these kinds of processes is mainly in the design, setting up the data/command input, and the people doing the physical manufacture's time planning. The parts are made one at a time anyway. If you can produce the files yourself, you've got them and can have another part made at any time. The only thing loading the unit price would be the manufacturing people allocating time for your job. That's the direction I'm hoping the repro/hot rod aftermarket industry goes: building up a vast store of data representing all kinds of parts, just sitting on people's computers until someone needs a part made. Imagine the HAMB as a digital parts warehouse.
I can design and machine anything you’d want for a fender badge, if you’d rather have them cast I can arrange that as well.
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