Dealer emblems.. stud or glue ?

[Chryslerdude]

Hello C-Buddies

Until now, I have gone clear of cars with "dealer emblems".. but the B3 Imp has one.. and as I never have the pleasure of having to deal with one before now I was wondering, are them babies ever drilled / stud mounted, or just glued.. and should they stay, or should they go?

I almost can't imagine that the dealer would be stupid enough to drill, but then again, "ones never knows with **** sapiens"..

In a way, they are a part of the cars history, but I DON'T like them.. (I know that, because the bigger they are, the less I like them).




I think this one may have to go..!

 

[300rag]

I know many dealers still drilled the deck lids until the late 70's. Most of them looked like the open chromed (script) nameplates that are on the trunk or fenders on the cars.


This style



That one almost looks like a stick-on.

 

[72Fury]

That one does look stuck on. I can see it both ways. If the tag was from the dealer that sold the car new, I'd keep it. Otherwise round file it. Usually the chrome metal dealer tags have been drilled. Put painters tape around it first & then slowly pry it at various corners if you want to remove it. If you see one drop of overspray on the emblem, I'd leave it alone. Unless you are repainting.

 

[Chryslerdude]

Thanks a lot for input guys!

I sincerely hope "stick-on", but even that will probably leave a mark.. (or rather, it will have conserved the pigment, while the rest of the car has faded).

I will look for over spray.. and if none, carefully heat the thing with a heatgun, and try to pry it off, and have a look.

I'd really like to get rid of it.. One of the reasons I like the 69, is that "clean look" it got, with the IMPERIAL written on that little nameplate in the bumper, as opposed to the on the deck lid lettering that followed in 1970. I Googled the dealer name, and it turns out that they were a GM dealer, and even "unfaithful" to GM, with pretty much all other brands, but Chrysler.

If it had been a Chrysler dealer, it would be a mitigating circumstance, but an GM dealer emblem... has to go, (unless it leaves a "scar", uglier than the emblem).


From Meyer Motor Website:

Who we are: Meyer Motors is a 3rd Generation, Family Owned & Operated dealership that was established in 1926. What started as a repair shop in 1926 grew into one of the longest standing GM dealerships in the country. Automobile lines were added over time, including: Oakland, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Oldsmobile, with Oldsmobile ceasing to make vehicles in 2004 and Pontiac in 2009.

 

[Fury440]

I always ask the dealer how much he will pay me to advertise his dealership. They always laugh until I tell them that I will refuse delivery if any advertizing is attached.

 

[Big_John]

It's hard to tell from the picture. I think that's plastic and stuck on.

The way to easily remove one is with dental floss and "saw" it off. Don't try to pry it off.

If it is stud mounted, you'll figure that out pretty fast.

If it is stud mounted, chances are it's a press in type stud where the holes are drilled, then a plastic or metal insert is placed in the hole and the emblem is pressed into the holes. That will have to be gently pried off, but then you will have a couple holes to deal with.

There's a chance it has studs with a metal "nut" holding it on.... You'll be able to see that from inside the trunk. The guy that put it on would have needed to put the nuts on easily.. so they would come off just as easy. Still have to deal with holes though.

 

[Zymurgy]

Agreed dental floss is the way to go. I usually spray a little WD-40 around it too. It will usually take the glue film off too. That looks glued on to me.

 

[bluefury361]

I'd leave it in place. It's a part of the cars "history" and character.
I drilled holes in Jazebelles deck lid to install a NOS dealer emblem. It gets a lot of attention and draws comments, A form of detail often overlooked.

 

[jct]

i've seen one that's been riveted on O_O

 

[MrMoparCHP]

The one I took off my Other Polara was put on with screws from the outside.


Alan

 

[cm23uoc]

My rather simple philosophy. I never put a dealership Emblem on that wasn't there before and never removed one that came from the dealership. These are pretty interesting pieces themselves, at least to me, often showing typical style of the era and making a Piece of mass production somehow individual.

I'd try to remove it in that case without breaking it, at least it could be displayed with the car later. ;)

 

[patrick66]

The plastic emblems are nearly always stuck on with an adhesive strip on the back. Metal ones could be stuck on, screwed on, or riveted in place. I've been looking for one for my Coronet from Skyline Dodge in Denver. I would not attach it, but would put it on my little display board that I put in the rear seat for shows.

My wife's NYBS has the dealer callout from a dealer in Fort Dodge, Iowa; and I've chose to keep it on the car for two reasons - it shows a little history of the car, and it's screwed in place.

 

[Big_John]

This one on my 53 Windsor is staying in place just because it's so cool.

 

[Big_John]

I'd really like to get rid of it.. One of the reasons I like the 69, is that "clean look" it got, with the IMPERIAL written on that little nameplate in the bumper, as opposed to the on the deck lid lettering that followed in 1970. I Googled the dealer name, and it turns out that they were a GM dealer, and even "unfaithful" to GM, with pretty much all other brands, but Chrysler.

If it had been a Chrysler dealer, it would be a mitigating circumstance, but an GM dealer emblem... has to go, (unless it leaves a "scar", uglier than the emblem).


From Meyer Motor Website:

Who we are: Meyer Motors is a 3rd Generation, Family Owned & Operated dealership that was established in 1926. What started as a repair shop in 1926 grew into one of the longest standing GM dealerships in the country. Automobile lines were added over time, including: Oakland, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Oldsmobile, with Oldsmobile ceasing to make vehicles in 2004 and Pontiac in 2009.

I don't think that's the same dealership. I did a search just for laughs and found someone that could probably tell you more about the dealership... I'll bet it's out of business.

http://www.wreckcheckcarscan.com/experience/eric_meyer.pdf

 

[cm23uoc]

These dealerships died like flies during the late 70s and 80s. There's a pentastar visible on the Emblem, I'd say BJ found something there.

 

[saylor]

+1 for leaving it if original.

+1 for making a dealer remove it on any new car

+1 for dental floss + wd-40

i used toothpicks and wd-40, but ya

- saylor

 

[Chryslerdude]

I don't think that's the same dealership. I did a search just for laughs and found someone that could probably tell you more about the dealership...

Thanks Big John.. and funny, as I found the same document, but failed to see the matching last name.. ~ Could be a son, and maybe the seller of my blue Imp.. Auction text stated, that it had been his father's dealership demo car!

So, I discarded it as information source, and moved on to find another (wrong) dealer.. ha ha. Zero points to Denmark on that search!

I also failed to see the Pentastar, so I was doing really well, that day I started the thread :-D

PS Love the Whale Emblem..!

 

[patrick66]