70 Road Runner hood call-out question

Posted By: hemi70

70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/14/09 12:07 AM

What color should the background of the "HEMI" nameplate be?

I have only seen black ones except for the red one that was on my car when I got it.
The only black on it is some paint from a poor masking job during the repaint it got just before I bought it.

Were there different colors available??
Anyone reproduce a red one??

Gary.

Posted By: cornucopia

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/14/09 01:48 AM

I just looked at an original 383 one yesterday and it was black...that's all I know. I don't recall ever seeing a red one.

Posted By: 70HemiGTX

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/14/09 11:49 AM

I have had this discussion with a few guys I know. No one seems to know for sure what is original. We all have either supposed NOS ones or repops. I have a supposed NOS one, but not sure. I'll look at it to compare. Jason Respucci and someone else were trying to figure this out a few years ago.

Posted By: MLR426

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/14/09 11:58 AM

I've only seen black ones over the years, not red.

Logan426

Posted By: GaryHemi

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/14/09 01:33 PM

This is whats on my RR

Posted By: 70HemiGTX

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/14/09 06:09 PM

Quote:

This is whats on my RR

This is what mine looks like that is "supposed" to be NOS. Not sure.

Posted By: hemi70

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/14/09 10:37 PM

I had forgotten that the one I put on from Year one around '95 had the red outlined lettering.

Is it possible that when they were painted they were masked on some kind of jig, sprayed red then moved to another jig masking the letters again leaving some red outline and sprayed black???

First thing to wear off would be the black exposing the once covered red paint.

Any partly worn originals or N.O.S. ones out there?

Thanks for the input. Gary.

Posted By: 70HemiGTX

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/16/09 01:19 PM

I'm going to pull mine out this afternoon and get a few shots of it.

Posted By: 70HemiGTX

Re: 70 Road Runner hood call-out question - 04/20/09 09:34 PM

I pulled mine out and it is exactly like GaryHemi's. I don't know if they should be outlined in red or not.???

Anyone else want to put their

in???

Posted By: hemi70

70 Road Runner hood call-out question