Used to be one (without the possessive apostrophe) in SoCal and maybe elsewhere. I know I've seen the plaque at some time in my life. Keep searching Google and you may come up with something.
yeah sorry about the spelling, and thanks for letting me know, it appears that it is an older maybe not used anymore club name and from all the different hang tags it looks like it was not a national group with chapters. some guys and i have been trying to figure out a name for a CC for a long time, so it looks like it is this Emporers motor club
They are very active around here.I'm friends with a few of them thast I've known since high school,and posted a thread no too long ago for one of the members who's jacket was stolen from his ride in San Bernardino http://www.myspace.com/emperorscc
Also, The Emperors Band was popular for dances and parties in the '60's till now. I saw them perform last summer here in LB. http://www.emperorrocks.com/introduction.html
so what is the ediquette on this stuff? is it wrong to use the name? and sorry about the spelling errors
Dude, I just gave you the link that explains it all. BTW, it's 27 pages long, so it should take a while... Here's a shorter version, asking about (suprise!) The Emperors... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=172709
You live in Minnesota, call yourselves what ever you want. If you called yourselves the thee victorville inland emperors then you might have a problem.
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 334pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=445><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 200pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 9764" width=267><COL style="WIDTH: 78pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3803" width=104><COL style="WIDTH: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2706" width=74><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 200pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" height=17 width=267>There were a few in the 50/60's that we have the patterns for : Emperors </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" width=104>Dav.</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 56pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" width=74>IA.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" height=17>Emperors</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8">Imperial Beach</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 473pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=630><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 312pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 15213" width=416><COL style="WIDTH: 161pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 7826" width=214><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 312pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl65 height=17 width=416>WHEELING EMPERORS </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 161pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl65 width=214>CHICAGO </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 572pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=762><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 312pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 15213" width=416><COL style="WIDTH: 161pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 7826" width=214><COL style="WIDTH: 99pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4827" width=132><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 312pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl65 height=17 width=416>EMPERORS And one we made 4 years ago: </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 161pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl65 width=214>SORRONTO, </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 99pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8" class=xl65 width=132>IA. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 269pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=359><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 269pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 11488" width=359><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 269pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65 height=16 width=359>EMPERORS HOT RODS & KUSTOMS C.C. IN 2005 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Dennis
Yes, my family was from the EMPERORS in Central Cali which from my understanding originated in AZUZA, CA. (The Zavala Bros.) I have been sporting the plaque (in San Diego)for about 12 years now which I had cut to the original design and layout of the original plaque. Hope the picture comes out on here! BTW as far as I know the original club was into lowriders. I am a lil more into the KUSTOMZ!
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