You should be able to pick up some of the trumpet things at any good body
shop
Leo H. '83 EFI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Klein" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Replacing "Imperial" script trim on '67?
>
> Thank you, to those who have responded to my questions about
> replacing the "Imperial" script on my '67's trunk lid! Here's
> a followup question...
>
> Roy said:
> >The Imperial scripts on '67s are not put on with speed nuts,
>
> True. The other pieces of trim on the trunk lid are held on
> with speed nuts (thanks for teaching me the name of that
> hardware, Chris H.!), which are easily accessible from the
> underside of the lid. But the badge is not accessible at all
> from the underside, as far as I can tell.
>
> > but rather
> >something similar that is snapped into the holes for the pins from the
> >outside of the body. They are little trumpet shaped things that dig into
the
> >pins once they are pushed in. [...] To get the scripts off
> >trunk lid you basically have to gently pry them out with a couple of
stiff
> >putty knives because the pins are pretty much inaccessible from the back,
> >which doesn't do the paint a lot of good. Invariably one of the little
> >trumpets will come out of the hole rather than release the pin, in which
case
> >you will need to carefully pry it off of the pin on the old script and
push
> >it back into its respective hole before installing the new script.
>
> With my luck, I'll break one of those trumpet-shaped thingies, or
> push it too far into the trunk lid and lose it. Are they standard
> pieces of hardware that can be easily bought somewhere? If so,
> can somebody tell me their true name so I'll know what to ask for?
> I'd sure hate to pry off my old badge and then not be able to
> attach the new one firmly enough!
>
> Tim Klein
> '67 Crown 4DHT, haze green
> Plano, Texas
>
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