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

[Tim Klein <iml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George Laurie said:
> 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

In the post that started this thread, I said I wasn't overly 
impressed with the workmanship of the reproduction '67 hood ornament 
that I bought from Emblemagic.  I said that because it has scratches 
-- in particular one big vertical one from top to bottom on the front 
side, plus some smaller ones here and there.  And they're fairly deep 
-- I can feel them when I run my fingernail over the surface, and I 
don't think they'd disappear with a simple buffing.

But on further reflection, I don't think the scratches are because of 
faulty workmanship -- I think they're the result of defects in the 
original hood ornament from which Emblemagic made their mold.  The 
eagle logo inside the ornament looks great, and in fact the whole 
reproduction is FAR better than any original '67 hood ornament that 
I've ever seen available for any price.  Even that big vertical 
scratch is pretty much invisible unless you look very closely.  So it 
was worth the money and the wait.

Having said that, I'll bet a better reproduction could be made.  The 
insert for the '67 hood ornament appears to be essentially a simple 
dome shape (actually two of them).  I don't know anything about 
making molds and such, but it seems to me that maybe someone who's 
good at that stuff could just fabricate a mold of that shape rather 
than taking an impression of an actual hood ornament?

Anyway, George, I'd love to see you take on the project, but in my 
experience, '67 hood ornaments in suitable condition for making a 
mold simply don't exist anymore. :-(

Tim Klein
'67 Crown 4DHT





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