Gas Door Emblem Question
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Melting Slicks
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Gas Door Emblem Question
The color is gone on my gas door emblem. I was thinking of ordering a replacement from Ecklers. On page 298, they have one for 50.99. Then below it they have one for 34.99 that says [correct red]. Does this make sense to anybody? :confused:
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Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (foundvettelifeisgood)
I assume one of the emblems has the correct color red and one does now. I've always wondered about that.
Paragon has it for $40.
http://www.corvette-paragon.com
Paragon has it for $40.
http://www.corvette-paragon.com
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Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (foundvettelifeisgood)
The more expensive one is probably an original GM one, where the cheaper one is an updated "reproduction" one that looks closer to the original GM one than past repro ones.
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Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (Paul Borowski)
The Last Detail has a front emblem for $21. No picture but for $21 looks great. I will order mine from TLD when I get mine painted.
BTW Good looking Foundvettelifeisgood.
BTW Good looking Foundvettelifeisgood.
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Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (Eddie 96)
Sorry the emblem above is for the front. After rereading the post I see you want the gas door. That emblem is $30.
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Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (Eddie 96)
They are fairly easy (and fun! :) ) to repaint/ restore. I redid the gas door emblem on my 68, got a little frustrated, ordered a new one, did a better job on my old one, and I think I currently have the repainted old one on the car and the new one in the garage. The emblem that was on the car when I bought it was not the original emblem anyway. Anyway, get a set of testors model paint and repaint yours yourself. MJ
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Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (foundvettelifeisgood)
I agree with MJ. At least, I think it's worth a try.
The door emblem is easy to get off & on. The picture quality is pretty poor, but check out my before & after pics:
Before -- http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/flagsb4.jpg
After -- http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/flagsafter.jpg
It's not NCRS quality, but I like it & it's held up nicely for more than 6 months now.
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The door emblem is easy to get off & on. The picture quality is pretty poor, but check out my before & after pics:
Before -- http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/flagsb4.jpg
After -- http://users.erols.com/jerryp58/corvette/flagsafter.jpg
It's not NCRS quality, but I like it & it's held up nicely for more than 6 months now.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Pittsburgh PA
Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (Tom73)
Thanks to MNJack, Jerryp58 and Tom73. :cheers:
I bought the testors paint and brushes for about $7 and had a lot of fun restoring the gas door emblem colors at my dining room table. It worked out so well that I pulled the nose emblem and did it too.
Great advise from the forum. :yesnod:
To anyone else considering this fix, the emblems are real easy to remove.
I bought the testors paint and brushes for about $7 and had a lot of fun restoring the gas door emblem colors at my dining room table. It worked out so well that I pulled the nose emblem and did it too.
Great advise from the forum. :yesnod:
To anyone else considering this fix, the emblems are real easy to remove.
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Re: Gas Door Emblem Question (foundvettelifeisgood)
Great to hear.
Make sure you have that nose emblem attached well though. When the previous owner put the nose emblem back on mine after painting the car, he didn't use the greatest adhesive (some black stuff). As a result, the emblem came off on the highway and hit the back deck on it's way out :cuss Some here have suggested two sided tape I believe.
Make sure you have that nose emblem attached well though. When the previous owner put the nose emblem back on mine after painting the car, he didn't use the greatest adhesive (some black stuff). As a result, the emblem came off on the highway and hit the back deck on it's way out :cuss Some here have suggested two sided tape I believe.
