Chicago Metal Craft

Chicago Metal Craft made the Road Runners of Florissants plaque.

The stamp in the plaque above.

In the late 1990s, Dennis O'Brien of O'Brien Truckers bought the 8000 original patterns for 8000 different car club plaque plaques from the original pattern maker Larree Phelan. "Over the years, I have repopped literally thousands of copies using these original patterns," Dennis told Sondre Kvipt of Kustomrama in 2023. Dennis also acquired the original 4100 patterns for all the plaques made by the Speed Gems company in the 1950s and the 1960s in the 1990s and has made thousands of reproductions using them as well. Photo courtesy of Dennis O'Brien - O'Brien Truckers.

The original pattern used to make the Road Runners of Florissants plaque. O'Brien Truckers has a search engine on his website that allows you to search by name, city, state, and logo to see if he has a plaque made in the 1950s or the 1960s. Click here to check it out. Photo courtesy of Dennis O'Brien - O'Brien Truckers.

Chicago Metal Craft of Port Chicago, California made car club plaques in the 1950s and 1960s.

Dennis O'Brien Buys the Patterns

In the late 1990s, Dennis O'Brien of O'Brien Truckers bought the 8000 original patterns for 8000 different car club plaque plaques from the original pattern maker Larree Phelan. "Over the years, I have repopped literally thousands of copies using these original patterns," Dennis told Sondre Kvipt of Kustomrama in 2023. Dennis also acquired the original 4100 patterns for all the plaques made by the Speed Gems company in the 1950s and the 1960s in the 1990s and has made thousands of reproductions using them as well. In addition to this, Dennis has also made 3000+ patterns over the last 44 years, with a total production of over 180,000 plaques. Dennis has a search engine on his website that allows you to search by name, city, state, and logo to see if he has a plaque made in the 1950s or the 1960s. Click here to check it out.