Car club plaques were the unique way to show everyone
which car club you belonged to. This started sometime in the 1930's and you can
view some early examples by clicking
here. Plaques that have initials, like "SF", might be listed
under "San Francisco" or "San Fernando". Others listed under
a heading like "South Bay" could have various origins; California has
areas called South Bay near San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Cities are
not listed with their states because there could be duplicate city names within
two or more states; towns named Long Beach are in CA, IN, MS, NY and WA. Canada
and Australia also have places named Long Beach. Some Long Beach plaques may
have a state shown but to avoid confusion, all are listed under Long
Beach.
See if you can find a plaque for a car club you
remember or still belong to. I hope you enjoy these pages and if you have an old
plaque hanging in your garage, send me a picture of it so I can add it here for
others to enjoy. If you find a plaque listed under a wrong heading, please let
me know as I rely on the information received with the pictures to be correct,
and it sometimes isn't.
Click on the links below to visit these pages
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If you have a good digital photo or scan of a car club
plaque, send me an E-mail with your photo attached by clicking
here, and it will be added to these pages. You can also mail photographs to
me by sending a message and asking for my mailing address. Please include
information about the club's location if the plaque has initials or other
abbreviations.
This website is brought to you with
help from O'Brien Truckers.
