Automobile, Racing, Gasoline & Oil Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a factory engraved Zippo for Leadolene Klingfast. This type lighter was given to customers of the Brooks Oil Company Cleveland, Ohio. The Brooks Oil Company was founded in 1876 in...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory-engraved Zippo advertising lighter for the General Motors Corporation's gasoline and diesel trucks. It shows the company's early logo on the front...

ARTIFACT: This is a 7-color factory engraved advertising Zippo lighter made for the Gateway Tire Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The lighter has its original insert and shows a caricature of an old,...

ARTIFACT: This is a large, rare and wonderful tinnie for Gautag Ost-Hannover 193The tinnie shows a Vokswagen at the top, at the time called a KdF-Wagen: the KdF stood for Kraft durch Freude (strength...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce sport shirt patch for the NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps), or the German National Socialist Motor Corps. A Nazi Party organization, the NSKK was organized...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s one year member pin for the National Hot Road Association. Around since 1951, NHRA was established to oversee drag racing. The pin is shaped like a slice of pie, shows a car...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Blue Point CF-12 valve lifter tool. The tool is for use on valve-in-block engines, including the Willys Jeep used by the United States Army and the Ford GPW...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s K-D Manufacturing Company K-D 930 valve compression tool. The tool is for use on Ford, Mercury and Lincoln vehicles. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool old circa 1950s or 1960s State of Maine Inspection Station sign. The two lines at the bottom read "Authorized by Maine State Police". The sign is in a mustard yellow...

ARTIFACT: This is a very early Massachusetts professional chauffeur license badge numbered A169The badge is round with a finely notched border and lettering painted in black. VINTAGE: Circa 1904...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous, early Professional Chauffeurs Club of America badge (Badge #52). Chauffeurs were a vital part of the early automotive years as not everyone had the knowledge or...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1921 registered chauffeur badge from the state of Michigan. The badge is numbered 12966 and has an expiration date of December 31, 192It shows the state seal with its great eagle,...