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BMW belt buckle?
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truckerdave
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Thanks. I haven't received it yet but if it's solid brass like it says i can polish it nicely. Belt buckles are one of those things that sometimes are bought or given as gifts and stay in a drawer for years. Must have been what happened to this one. Figured it was worth $20.
Years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to find bootleg logo items for sale at local rallies.
BMW legal stepped in in the mid-late 80’s and stopped all that in a very firm way.
Kind of sad when I think back on it …
The sellers never made much on the trinkets and it was a good way to display one’s enthusiasm for the brand.
BMW legal stepped in in the mid-late 80’s and stopped all that in a very firm way.
Kind of sad when I think back on it …
The sellers never made much on the trinkets and it was a good way to display one’s enthusiasm for the brand.
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OldNuke
Just puttsin'
I still have one of those "bootleg logo" belt buckles from that era. The vendor made them out of hood emblems from BMW automobiles.
mikegalbicka
Back in the saddle again
True but I like it better. Subtle yet definitive.
Probably OK then if made from a BMW part, but other things often weren’t and BMW shut those vendors down.
Besides logo’ed t-shirts, there were tie tacks, money clips, watches and clocks, flashlights, towels, and even BMW roundel coasters available at some rallies. Those days are long gone.
truckerdave
Member
Past thread on vintage BMW belt buckles link below. I got this one from the MOA I really don't know when...since it's the 25th anniversary then in 1997 or 1998. It's a numbered buckle, 372 of 1000. On the back it has a short history of the MOA.
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?71424-Vintage-Belt-Buckle
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?71424-Vintage-Belt-Buckle
A real "fender scratcher" there Kurt!
And weighs 1/2 a pound! Wowser!
truckerdave
Member
Just for future reference, i looked around and found this is an AMINCO brand buckle from 1980. They must have made these with hundreds of different inserts as there are many of them on Ebay. I even bought the wifey one with HONDA wings insert(she has a Shadow). I did not find any with Harley or any more BMW as i figure they got shut down real quick on those names. Seems funny that 1980 doesn't sound that long ago to me, but it was 42 years ago.
