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You cannot assume that the pin locations on the backside of YOUR letters will be the same as for the ones someone else purchased...unless you know that they came from the same manufacturer. If you still have the original letters, you should re-drill the holes if you can identify their original location. If not, you would do better by making your own template. If you do get someone else's template, at least insert your letters on it to make certain those hole locations will work for YOUR letters.
I need one too. The PO installed the "CORVETTE" letters after having at least a couple sixpacks and none of the letters line up correctly.
Maybe, maybe not, looks like he did a lot of other stuff right. I thought of posting something along 7T1's advice but didn't get around to it. This was one of those jobs that I thought was going to provide instant gratification and in the end took my enthusiasm away. The pegs didn't fit my original holes and I was missing a letter in the set I bought. A couple of curses and back inside to fire up the keyboard. Make your own template according to the set you have in hand. Drilling holes is always an adventure so do it off to the side first. Perhaps this will help:
ignatz said "looks like he did a lot of other stuff right". You didn't see the car when I got it three years ago. Much of the "right" stuff is from me spending countless hours and $$$ fixing bubba's mistakes. I have not re-positioned the letters since if I get it wrong, the mistake may look even worse and is in a really obvious place on the car. Glad you also use curses to help make work on the car go smoother.
set a straight edge on a flat surface and position the letters upside down and backward.(with the pins facing up.
once you have them straight and where you want them, firmly press the board onto the pins and press til they are set in.
flip the foam board over and see if the letters are still positioned good.
if it looks good, remove the letters from the foam. get some craft paper and run a crayon over it to pick up hole locations.
punch holes out with pin.
you now have to measure and level the paper guide to center it on the car. mark it though the pin holes in paper.
the letters will be straight as it was on the foam.
THAT is a super tip! Never thought of doing it like that, but it sounds like it would work well. When you lay the straightedge down on the foam board, you should immediately transfer that alignment to the board, and then to the template when you trace it. That will give you an alignment guide for leveling it properly when you tape the pattern down to the rear facia.
Maybe this will help someone here visit my post 70' Rebuild has begun. Also as stated above if one lays out the letters spaced correctly on grid lined paper laid on top of a piece styrofoam board you will get a good template then tape this to the rear (level) as I have noted. You should receive good results.
HI GUYS I HAVE a template that someone sent me for my 70 all I need is help from you guys to show me how to get it to all of you the paper outlet. is as large from back up light to other side hope I can help bob
Rear Corvette Emblem Template
