35 Pickup Hood Emblems

Jakno

Jakno

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Cleaning up parts to re-assemble the 35 pickup. These Hood emblems need some help. The 3 small threaded rusty bolts have smooth oval heads and must have been pressed in or a carriage head type. Can they be replaced or should I deal with them in place ?. Also are the emblems all chrome ?. No blue background ?. Thanks
 

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I think the background was blue as mine show remnants of it. I would try to save the fasteners if you can.
 
For my 1939 PU i bought some #8- 32 stainless carriage style bolts. I forget where I bought them, but the #8 size was an odd ball as most suppliers only went down to a #10.
 
The original ones are solid brass just plated chrome, I know cause I've tried cleaning up some with steel wool and yellow comes thru. Any of them that have a blue background are re-pops. I f you look around you can find solid chrome originals, there are 3 threaded studs for mounting, 8/32?
 
Jakno, The original Emblems were stamped brass with a bright chrome plating. The recess areas were painted blue. The studs had 6-32 threads. This information is highlighted on the attached drawing from the Benson Ford Research Center.
 

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I have a '35 coupe and zero in on anything that Don Rogers says.....and I get a kick out of all the answers posted that are all over the place, and then he posts, and WHAM! discussion over! We are soooo lucky to have this site.....Matt in Alameda
 
Mine are originals, I have records back to '61, and have remnants of the blue paint so I know they were painted. Don has the proof above.
 
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