First off let me start by telling you that my husbands boss, owner of a tow service, saves emblems. He has been saving them for years, all makes and models. Well, today hubby and the boss went through some of the boxes and pulled out some Pinto and Maverick emblems!
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_6529.jpg)
No, I'm currently not selling any of them! LOL My question is, what do the different emblems represent?? Here are the 3 different emblems...
Solid no color or lines.
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_6533.jpg)
Open P
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_6534.jpg)
Colored. Most of these are only what appears to be red and a bit of white, the end bar is just plain (may have had blue, but no traces of it!. A few have a bit of blue but very faded!
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_6535.jpg)
Can anyone tell me if they are different years, or maybe deluxe model to base model, and so on??
Thanks
I know that the red white and blue painted "P" emblems came from early models (71-73), and the open "P" emblems are from late models (at the latest they started using them in 78, maybe 77), and the solid "P" emblems must have been 74-76/77. I am only stating from what I have seen and pulled emblems from myself, though.
The red-white-blue Ps were from '71-'75 or '76. The blank P (in pic #1) is like that because the red-white-blue insert came off. '77-80 had empty Ps and you'll notice that the foals on these emblems have bigger eyes as well. I would love to have a Pinto emblem with the original red-white-blue colors intact 'cause I want the right blue shade to do the Baby's emblems.
I hope this helps!
So the red whit and blue is an insert? Didn't know that!!
Yah, I would like a R/W/B set too!! LOL All of these are missing the blue, or they are badly faded! I may take a set over to my Mom and have her use finger nail polish on them! LOL She can do a better job than I could! I don't paint nails!!! Very tomboyish!! LOL
Thanks for the replys !!! We are learning something here!!! ;D So much to learn about Pintos!!!! ;D ;D
Cookieboy(Brian) repainted his emblems for the 'hotpants' Pinto, I know there's a picture there of how he masked them, give me a little bit, and I'll cruise over there and find it. If you haven't checked out his site yet, you should. It's one of our 'Official Links', the Global Pinto Community, I think.
Masking and spraying will give a much better result than brush paint. I painted mine with model car paint, but you can see brushstrokes (This emblem was off a 75, so they used it until at least then)
Chuck
Quote from: discolives78 on March 12, 2009, 10:59:26 PM
Cookieboy(Brian) repainted his emblems for the 'hotpants' Pinto, I know there's a picture there of how he masked them, give me a little bit, and I'll cruise over there and find it. If you haven't checked out his site yet, you should. It's one of our 'Official Links', the Global Pinto Community, I think.
Masking and spraying will give a much better result than brush paint. I painted mine with model car paint, but you can see brushstrokes (This emblem was off a 75, so they used it until at least then)
Chuck
That would be great if you can find the link!!! I have plenty to practice with!!!! LOL Does he say what paint he used?!!!
Well, the link is gone. I went to his page and looked, but he doesn't have the resto stuff from that car up anymore.
Here's a link to his site
http://www.cookieboystoys.com (http://www.cookieboystoys.com)
I'm gonna look on youtube and see if there's a video there, back in a few...
Well...that was a bust. I found the resto video of that car, but it doesn't show the emblems (I guess that was a minor detail. Check out his site, Kim, there's an e-mail address where you can contact him. As far as paint, any enamel should hold up good, you might want to use a piece of #0000 steel wool to rough up the emblem insert before you paint.
Chuck
almost forgot, here's a link to the resto video, it's still worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRNpnmGq4Wk&feature=channel_page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRNpnmGq4Wk&feature=channel_page)
Gawd I HATE THIS F#%^!ing COMPUTER!!!!!!!
I wrote twice and the F^%$#@ing thing lagged so long to load the site said I "ran out of time!"
Anyway, I use suncatcher paint (WallyWorld $1.97) because it's translucent like the original colors were. If you use the paintbrush the pots come with you don't get brush marks. I'm doing that now. The next experiment will be getting the right shade of blue.
Yes there's a teeny gap between the edge of the insert and the emblem chrome.
This tomboy likes to doll up a little, so I do paint my toenails! Rarely my fingernails get colored because they mess up too fast. :tgif:
I don't paint nails, so I don't know anything about nailpolish except that it comes in small bottles with the brush glued to the cap.??? I can't paint anything with a brush without leaving brushstrokes, unless I put it on heavy and pray it doesn't run away.:-\ Some of the model car guys use nail polish to paint their model cars, they thin out the nail polish and spray it thru an airbrush. I guess since there are so many colors and brands of nailpolish, it's like having an infinite canvas. I've never tried it though, I like the rattle cans. :coolrasta:
Chuck
The only problem with the suncatcher paint is it tends to settle in one place unless kept perfectly flat. You're supposed to dab it in the spaces so there's no brushlines. I like how one of mine came out. I need a foam square or something to stick the emblems with pins intact into to create that level surface. Then there's Baby's...
Quote from: blupinto on March 13, 2009, 10:35:00 AM
The only problem with the suncatcher paint is it tends to settle in one place unless kept perfectly flat. You're supposed to dab it in the spaces so there's no brushlines. I like how one of mine came out. I need a foam square or something to stick the emblems with pins intact into to create that level surface. Then there's Baby's...
Ok, I'll bring my emblems to you at Knotts!!! LOL That will give you something to do!! LOL
Thanks for the tip, I will check out Wallyworld!! Either that, I may check out some of the model car paints!!!
Funny thing is our '78 has a gold horse with a solid 'p' area indicating that it once had a red/white/blue insert at one time. And the emblem conspiracy continues... :tgif:
-beegle55
Stand a cardboard box up on one side and push the pins thru the cardboard, that should create a level surface. My 78 basemodel had an empty 'P', I like the early look (and I'm a scavenger) so I used an emblem off a 75 on my decklid. With the 77 bumperguards, I'm sure one of us trivial purists would be quite confused about the origins of the car!
Chuck
What, are you trying to make my head explode!? lol.
Speaking of Pinto Purists and exploding heads I unfortunately made my green Motormax Fresh Cherries 1:24 scale '74 Runabout a target of my criticism. #1- open P on emblems #2 "74s didn't have F O R D on the rear. #3 I don't remember seeing the vinyl-top overlap in the center of the roof. Did I miss anything? (Sorry Kim! Didn't mean to hijack thread.)
Quote from: blupinto on March 13, 2009, 09:31:49 PM
Speaking of Pinto Purists and exploding heads I unfortunately made my green Motormax Fresh Cherries 1:24 scale '74 Runabout a target of my criticism. #1- open P on emblems #2 "74s didn't have F O R D on the rear. #3 I don't remember seeing the vinyl-top overlap in the center of the roof. Did I miss anything? (Sorry Kim! Didn't mean to hijack thread.)
that modle was made from a members car the vinyl on his car was replaced and they did not have a big enough peice to cover the roof so the put a seam in the middle . If tou look close there are also speakers, in the door.
Casey gold never have seen 1. Fred :)
Well.. It looks too good to be something somebody did to the emblem. Enjoy the pic and let your minds wonder.
-beegle55
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/beegle55/100_1058.jpg)
I'm wondering if something happened to the horse during the plating process.
Could have happened. All I know is it is a unique emblem for a unique car :D
-beegle55
I didn't mention the door speakers because I didn't know if they were an option or not back then. Mine doesn't, but then again an older lady was her original owner and music might not have been a priority. So no '74s came with door speakers?
if they came with door speakers they had square grill not the round sorry for the confusion.
phil