krw Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi I was wondering if anyone knew if the special emblem on the hood vents are chromed before detail painting or can anyone tell me how they restored theirs Thanks Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 This is a photo of an emblem on an original unrestored 38 Special. It appears that the emblem is plated and polished only on the raised portion of the letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krw Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Can you tell if the duller parts were painted or just not polished Thanks Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 The inside of the letters appears to be unpolished plating. I see no signs of paint.Send me a direct email and I will send a large photo for you to examine.durcodude@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ewing Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I got my 38 as an all original car in 1967 and I have not touched the emblem. There was no paint in/ on it when I got the car. I have not done any thing to it to 'restore' it.I will check it in the spring when we get out of the deep freeze here.... but you will probably have all the info you need by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krw Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Thanks Ewing when ever you get the chance that would be great. Thanks agian Mark for the photos you sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I suspect the stamped plate is stainless, with the raised edges of the letters polished.But, I always thought the inside areas of the letters were painted red. Goes nicely with the painted details on the trunk emblem and bumpers.Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krw Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 If this emblem is like the nose emblem it's copper wrapped around a piece of steel ( I believe ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OLBUICKS Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have a 38 special never restored,, the lettering was white... I touched it up last summer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBT Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Is it white lettering also for the Limited and Century? [ie the same approach was taken?]Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1938McLaughlin Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 The pair of "SPECIAL" emblems I have are Stainless steel wrapped around a steel backing plate. Background color is painted the same light silver gray as the painted portion of the side vents.Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krw Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Thank's for the info I will take a closer look maybe all I have to do is buff it and paint it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krw Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 I took one of my emblems's and 600 grit wet sandpaper and lightly tried to sand across the raised letters with the paper on a block to keep it uniform. In very little time the color changed to what looks like brass. I've spent many hours buffing my stanless trim so I'm pretty confident what I have is not stainless either brass or copper wrapped around a steel core like the nose emblem either way I think it will have to be platted. Thanks for all the input and if anyone else has any it would be welcomed. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 This is a factory photo. Although it's difficult to blow up and keep detail, "Special" is clearly a darker color than white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxnard Montalvo Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The inner unraised part of each letter should be red, the rest of the emblem is painter silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 ... but the outline around the letters should be chrome. The silver paint is between the letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I gots me an Idea... Call the guy that was incharge of painting and detailing these things on the production line....Ohhhh... gee wiz...I guess he's no longer with us after 70 years. Could it be true that things sometimes would have changed though the production year? If the red paint was used up it could have been replaced with silver or white to keep the line moving. Also, could have different colors been used with different body colors??? I'm no expert, just my 2 cents worth. Paint never seems to stick well to crome, or stainless, and will almost inevitably peal and fall off. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 We're working on a time machine as we speak. The operators manual, I'm told, has been finished. Testing of the machine will take place this weekend.We totally understand that once we arrive in a designated year, we are not to mess with the changing of history. However, we are still dealing with the question of weather or not we can have limited conversations, or if we have to arrive completely stealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krw Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Can we use it for next weeks lotto numbers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 So far, the technology being developed for it only goes back in time. That's why we're having troubles finding someone to be our "guinea pig." Only a small problem, in my opinion, but for some reason volunteers aren't lining up at the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I saw the prototype for the time machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Naw. That's just what Hollywood thinks it looks like. The real thing looks nothing like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wayneMP Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hey guys, no sense letting this mix-up settle, I will stir it up again. I went back through a whole history of 37-38 Torque-tube magazines and came up with two descriptions for the Louver emblems. One described it as being silver as per the louvers with the raised portion of the letters being black, another description was red interior on letters with the raised serface being a polished chrome. In cleaning mine up I discovered that it is a brass stamped cover over a metal base. My car was not done all that carefully during the previous restoration and the Louvers were sloppily finished. So, I took my louvers out, dissassembled them, stripped off the paint, buffed and polished the stainless (came up beautifully)then painted the louvers with a metalic grey with a "hammer-finish". Re-assembled everything then took the "SPECIAL" emblem and painted the entire emblem with the same louver paint. Then I painted the interior of the letters red. Then I took a little liberty (please forgive me)and polished up the raised Brass portion to a nice shine and gave the whole thing three coats of clear finish......LOOKS GREAT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krw Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Thank's for the input wayne any pics would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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