Ford emblem on hatch

Roland69

Sergeant Tangnet
Sep 17, 2005
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I just washed my car at the car wash and blew my emblem apart. The clear piece landed on the ground and the other part under the clear piece is still on the car............LOOKS LIKE CRAP. are they just held on with 2 sided tape. I want to replace this as soon as I can. Or are they held on with 2 small bolts.
 
Ehhhh ... I dunno. The spot where the Ford oval on the trunk of Frankenstang's '86 GT used to be has a few little holes where it looks like they either pushed on or were kinda riveted on. I know the oval on my Notch is held on there with something besides tape, because I tried to delete it when I repainted it a couple of years back and couldn't get the thing off without risking its destruction - the LX badge was just slapped on there from the factory with double-sided tape, like the 5.0 badges. The same deal applies to all Foxes - hatches, notches, and 'verts.

My guess for the reason of different attachments is that not all Foxes are LX's or 5.0's, but ALL of them have the Ford oval on them from the factory.

Only thing I can suggest is to either try sticking the clear part back on with some 3M Emblem Adhesive glue, or figure out a way to cleanly and safely remove that thing without destroying the finish in the process.

On a side note ... hey, Frankenstang. Y'know how you said the hatch on your Capri is supposed to be the original? I'm wondering again if they didn't swap that hatch from a 'Stang, also, because 1. the glass on a Capri hatch is WAY different, and 2. that Ford oval is pressed on. So, like, unless your Ex drilled the holes and riveted on the Ford oval (or just slapped it on with glue or something) and/or the Capri glass uses the same outer hatch frame as the Mustang glass, then the hatch probably isn't 100% original, after all ... which would also explain the sloppy hinges on top. Sorry to sidetrack, just a thought that occurred to me...
 
Ehhhh ... I dunno. The spot where the Ford oval on the trunk of Frankenstang's '86 GT used to be has a few little holes where it looks like they either pushed on or were kinda riveted on. I know the oval on my Notch is held on there with something besides tape, because I tried to delete it when I repainted it a couple of years back and couldn't get the thing off without risking its destruction - the LX badge was just slapped on there from the factory with double-sided tape, like the 5.0 badges. The same deal applies to all Foxes - hatches, notches, and 'verts.

Hmm, I wonder if that's one of those whacky things about Fords. My 87 has had the badge removed at some point, and I like the way it looks so was thinking of putting one on. At the local junkers the other day there was an 88LX 5.0L hatch, and I wanted to see if they were stuck with adhesive or were plugged onto the hatch through holes. I pulled the badge off and there were two holes drilled into the hatch. The badge had plugs on it for the holes as well as adhesive :shrug: