1940 Ford script badge

Tudortomnz

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I believe a set of Ford script badges I found at a swapmeet are the same as used on 1940 Standard cars [ hood, cowl edge] ; 5" by 1&3/4" deep approx. They show no chrome, but paint remnants.
Were these also used on commercial vehicles in either '40 or '41?
I saw a '41 or '42 Firengine yesterday, but it did not have this type Ford script.
Thanks
Tom in NZ
 
What you describe sounds like the script in front of the side cowl vent in a 40 COE cab. Look closely at this picture under the 8504. This would be about that size.
Other COE years had the Ford script on an oval or rectangular emblem.

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It may be from a '42-'47 COE cowl, they were painted Tacoma Cream. They looked like the plated ones on the '41 COE and the hood sides and dash center of the '40-'41 conventional cab trucks. Mark
 
The emblems on the hood sides and dash of the 40 and 41 PU cabs are totally different. The 40 has a raised area STAMPED into the dash with a chrome script as used on sides of hood. The 41 and later dash is flat in center. The 41 has a chrome plaque with the word Ford stamped into it, was used on the 41 hood sides also. Nothing is on the later PU dash. :D
 
Thankyou Gentlemen for your information.
These free standing scripts seem to be from a commercial, maybe a COE, a few of which still survive here. The script used on the '40 '41' Pickups appear to have stamped metal background which mine do not.
tom
 
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