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Re: emblem restoration
[Re: cdudley]
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02/06/09 12:39 PM
02/06/09 12:39 PM
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1_WILD_RT
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thanks for the input! maybe i'll start looking for nos emblems.
Be aware 95% of the stuff people are calling NOS are repos, if you hold an NOS part side by side the differance is quality is obvious...If its still in the paper & plastic wrapper it's real, if it's in a plastic bag thats sez Chysler is probaly isn't...
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Re: emblem restoration
[Re: 1_WILD_RT]
#214159
02/06/09 12:58 PM
02/06/09 12:58 PM
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Silver70
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I just picked up the same emblems for an r/t I'm restoring... there are tons of repops out there. I came accross alot of ones that claimed to be nos, maybe they were. The repops look good to me. It's not a perfect show car either though.
68 Road Runner, 69 Belvedere, 71 Challenger Vert 340 barracuda, 01 Ram CTD, 95 Ram, 04 Ram, 85 Daytona turbo Z 66 GTO, 06 Magnum RT AWD. 07 Ram CTD, 07 Ram
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Re: emblem restoration
[Re: Silver70]
#214160
02/06/09 02:32 PM
02/06/09 02:32 PM
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1_WILD_RT
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I just picked up the same emblems for an r/t I'm restoring... there are tons of repops out there. I came accross alot of ones that claimed to be nos, maybe they were. The repops look good to me. It's not a perfect show car either though.
I agree the repos do look good, good enough that most would be perfectly happy with them....I'm restoring a 68 Coronet R/T which has a large R/T on the tail panel...Exhuast destroyed the original so I bought a repo..Well on this car the panel that the emblem goes on has vertical ribs that the repo doesn't even come close to fitting, I tried modifying it to fit but while I got it much better it still wasn't as good as I would like so when I saw a NOS one I grabbed it..It fits perfectly & when holding it side by side with the repo the differance in plating quality is pretty apparent...But still the repos are a decent option & most fit fine they just missed it on the 68 R/T tailpanel emblem...
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