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Re: exterior badges and update

To: aeh53@juno.com (Andrew E. Henderson), shmitty99@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: exterior badges and update
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A. RP2)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:50:25
If you don't want to drill holes, is there any reason why you couldn't cut
off the posts and mount it using double stick foam tape (this stuff will
hold anything)
Patrick

At 09:10 AM 10/22/98 -0500, Andrew E. Henderson wrote:
>Yes, you do have to have holes for the posts.  A little speed nut sort of
>deal is pressed on from behind & holds the badges on by compression.  I
>used a bit of silicon on the back side of the badge on mine "just in
>case".
>Andy H.
>1971 MK IV
>On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:52:03 PDT "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
>writes:
>>Hello all.  I just got my shipment from Rimmer Bros.  (one week free 
>>carriage arrived by UPS today) Among other things that I really needed 
>>
>>(like a new Lucas master cylinder) I went and got some new Spitfire IV 
>>
>>badges for my bonnet and rear quarter panel.
>>
>>As is I have no badge on my bonnet and my rear one is quite faded.  
>>The 
>>replacements look very nice but they have these two posts coming out 
>>the 
>>back on each end.  I didn't expect these posts.  I figured they were 
>>applied with that thick two sided tape stuff.  Sooo how are these 
>>things 
>>applied?  Do I drill some holes in my panels?
>>
>>This weekend I 'plan' on getting the spit back on the road.  Its been 
>>couped up in the garage with no brakes for the last two weeks during 
>>the 
>>most wonderful weather here in Southern VA.  Tom. I'll sandblast and 
>>powdercoat my MC mounting bracket and get that back on the car.  With 
>>working brakes I can drive over to my friends place where we can lift 
>>the car and swap the differentials.  Then the real fun begins!
>>
>>Ryan Smith
>>72 Emerald Green Spitfire (waiting to be let out of its cell)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Patrick Bowen
'79 Spitfire
Jacksonville FL

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