Re: IML: How to take apart '67 hood ornament?

[dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Quoting Edward Tiede <e_tiede@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

>       Like to add my experience about 67 hood ornaments.  Many years ago 
> while having work done on my convertible the mechanic forgot to close the 
> hood when raising the car on the lift.  A overhead fan hit the ornament and 
> popped the ring and emblem out.  We found the ring but not the emblem.  The 
> ring came out from the front.  Not knowing then what a know now about 
> reproduction emblems I fixed it buy having to imperial falcon emblems from a
> 
> tail liight gold plated and adhered to a clear disc of plexiglass and 
> snapped back in place in the ornament with the retaining ring.
>

Hope your mechanic offered free service for the next year to compensate.  That's
why I hate when I have to give up any of my cars to a mechanic, any mechanic.

D^2


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