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

["georgelaurie" <georgelaurie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all, if one of you guys have a half decent one to send me I would
reproduce them, and you know MY parts are of the Highest Quality, so has
anyone got a spare?  regards George.
georgelaurie@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Hoffman" <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "IML (main)" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: IML: How to take apart '67 hood ornament?


> Tim,
>
> I replaced the plastic insert in mine many years ago with a nicer one I
> found in a junkyard (remarkably nice, actually)... I also took the plastic
> insert apart (it originally came in two halves, too, taped together around
> the outside) and restored the gold parts.
>
> Anyway, the insert is held in place by a ring that's pressed into place
into
> the rear side of the ornament. It's probably easier to do this with the
> ornament off the car, by the way, which is pretty easy to take care of.
>
> If you look carefully at the back of the ornament, you should see this
small
> ring around the inside of the ornament. It just presses into place (both
are
> splined) and (ideally) stays there, so you should try to avoid distorting
> its shape by prying too hard.
>
> I'd try to press the ring out by pressing on the edges of the plastic
insert
> from the front. If the insert is truly not worth saving (ya never know!),
> the maybe laying the ornament face-up on a hard surface and tapping around
> the edges with a hammer will loosen the retaining ring.
>
> I know I removed mine without damaging the original insert.
>
> One final note: The insert is not symmetrical. It has a convex face and a
> relatively flat face. The convex face should face forward (whereupon I'm
> sure it helps reduce the boxcar's overall coefficient of drag to something
> around 0.85...lol).
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Chris in LA
> 67 Crown
> 78 NYB Salon
>
>
>
>
> On 2/18/05 7:01 AM, Tim Klein (iml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
> >
> > I ordered a reproduction '67 Imperial hood ornament insert from
> > Emblemagic, and after almost a year of waiting (as they predicted),
> > it has finally arrived.  I'm not overly impressed with the
> > workmanship, but it's still way better than my original one that
> > looks as if it got run through a blender.
> >
> > But Emblemagic only makes the plastic insert (actually a two-part
> > insert).  Now I have to figure out how to get the old insert out of
> > the hood ornament bezel and install the new one.  Have any of you
> > ever done this before?  I can't see any way to pry it out, so should
> > I just smash out the old insert with a hammer or something?  (Trust
> > me, it's not worth preserving.)
> >
> > Tim Klein
> > '67 Crown 4DHT
>
>
>
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