Automobile Racing Related Artifacts

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 at center and reads DEDICATED TO SAFETY...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1949 gold-filled race car owner lapel pin from the American Automobile Association, showing a car with wings. VINTAGE: Circa 1949. SIZE: 1/2" height and 1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-filled with blue enamel...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1970 Dodge Scat Pack promotional muscle car lighter by Park. The lighter shows an image of a racing bug wearing a helmet and racing goggles and has big muscle car tires and appears to be doing a 'burn out' with smoke details...

ARTIFACT: Great 1976 Indy 500 pit pass/badge on original issue card. The badge shows a can of Valvoline Motor Oil in the center beside a race car with the year "1976" above. The top of the badge reads: "INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s lapel pin for the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC). Still active today, BARC was first known in 1912 as the Cyclecar Club. After the close of the Great War, the organization became known as the Junior Car Club (JCC),...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s enameled member pin for the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). The SCCA was established in 1944 and is still based out of Topeka, Kansas. The pin is in gold-fill with red and white enamel and has an intricate spoked wheel...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1950's – 1960's Worcester, Massachusetts Area Sports Car Club large enameled auto badge. The center of the badge shows a shield in white enameled detail that reads: "WASCC" across the top in red detail and...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950s "Mis-Fires" hot rod club car plate from Amsterdam, New York. The plate is made of cast aluminum and has a maker mark on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's. SIZE: Approximately 8-1/16" in width and 4-15/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: 1970's Vintage MG Auto Badge in painted and plated cast metal. The octagon shaped badge features a black background with raised letters "MG" in the center. MG began manufacturing automobiles in the 1920's. Owned by William Morris, the...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic 1950's Adams Pontiac mechanic's overalls back patch from Adams, Massachusetts. The center of the patch shows the profile of an American Indian, embroidered all in white thread, but detailed enough so that his feathers and...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool late 1940s contestant helmet for the Chevrolet Turret Top Soap Box Derby, billed as "The Greatest Amateur Racing Event in the World". The helmet has a great, large decal on the front is made from the liner of a World...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful and rare circa 1910 National Motor Vehicle Co. enameled lapel pin. National Motor Vehicle Co. was established in the early 1900's and National's first model was an electric runabout called the Style A in 1900. By 1905, gas-powered...