Scooped up another cool piece on eBay..
December 3rd, 2019, 04:49 AM
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Old(s) Fart
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern VA
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As someone who grew up with these cars in the salty northeast, I rapidly came to detest those emblems. Dealers would pop rivet them onto the trunk lid, which a) made holes in an otherwise good trunk, and b) eventually caused significant rust because they just drilled the metal and riveted with no primer or sealer used. Oh, and the aluminum pop rivets caused galvanic corrosion with the steel trunk lid, accelerating the rust problem.
December 3rd, 2019, 05:08 AM
#5
Out of Line, Everytime😉
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Melville, Saskatchewan
Posts: 9,124
Mine had holes but no rust fortunately. We were happy when the big stick dealer emblem fell off our Challenger GT. These metal rivet emblems were really intrusive, unless it was a 442 from a known racing dealer, why advertise, for in most cases a dealer who is long gone? Hang it on your shop wall.
December 3rd, 2019, 08:32 AM
#8
Jeff
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Grand Blanc, MI
Posts: 1,029
As someone who grew up with these cars in the salty northeast, I rapidly came to detest those emblems. Dealers would pop rivet them onto the trunk lid, which a) made holes in an otherwise good trunk, and b) eventually caused significant rust because they just drilled the metal and riveted with no primer or sealer used. Oh, and the aluminum pop rivets caused galvanic corrosion with the steel trunk lid, accelerating the rust problem.
I hate dealer emblems and stickers. I typically remove them, as I don't need to advertise the dealership on my vehicle. If it's a license plate bracket, then that's ok. But DO NOT STICK your advertising on my car!!! I've had the salesman remove them before picking up a new car.
December 3rd, 2019, 09:21 AM
#9
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Location: Chesapeake, VA
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December 6th, 2019, 02:40 PM
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Frank Ignachuck
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Maynard, Massachusetts
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December 6th, 2019, 08:26 PM
#15
Running On Empty
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Earth
Posts: 19,985
Thanks Norm. Not intending to hijack a thread, but Maynard is a long way from Amarillo, and like most vintage Olds owners, I've always wondered what stories my 63 year old car could tell. I sent an email to the local car clubs in Amarillo (there are quite a few) asking if anyone might have remembered my car or the Garner Randall dealership. No one replied. Oh well. That's the age we live in.
Surprising no one recalled/remembers the dealership, Frank. Oh well.
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