Topic: 40 trunk emblem


Wolfie    -- 02-22-2010 @ 8:07 PM
  I recently bought a trunk emblem for my 40. It was a Bob Drake and included a rubber gasket. Did the original emblem have a gasket and was it rubber?

Thanks!


trjford8    -- 02-23-2010 @ 7:53 AM
  There's a gasket around the trunk handle base, but I've never seen a gasket around the emblem.


Wolfie    -- 02-23-2010 @ 5:24 PM
  Thanks. It may be a gasket that street rods use.


deuce_roadster    -- 02-23-2010 @ 7:28 PM
  The 1940 body parts list shows no gasket, only parts listed are the emblem and a special nut. Of course, one for the V8 and another for the Deluxe.


kubes40    -- 02-23-2010 @ 7:53 PM
  There was NO gasket beneath the trunk emblem.


supereal    -- 02-24-2010 @ 8:21 AM
  If you wish to protect the paint, and are not concerned about being "correct", you can fashion a rubber backing for the emblems, etc, by tracing around the emblem on sheet rubber such as inner tube material, and cutting it out. leaving a very small margin. I just did that with a trunk "spear" that had gouged the paint before the panel was refinished.


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