08-24-2016, 03:15 PM
This isn't a very technical question for the Technical Query forum, but it seemed to fit here best.
I live near Los Angeles in the US and have a 1969 South African MkII Pickup with a very poor original bonnet badge. It is the simple round domed clear plastic badge with rear painted red Morris bull and wavy blue lines for the water/stream. They aren't available new and good used ones go for crazy money on E-Bay.
Can anyone tell me if the SA MkII badge was completely painted on the back, including silver and a white background like the attached picture I found of a British badge? Or was it clear except for the painted ox and stream, with a silver piece of plastic coated paper behind it like mine has? I don't know if that silver paper is original or if it was just someone's simplified attempt at repainting.
A friend is casting a new badge and will paint it, but I don't know which way to have him paint it. I want to keep the pickup looking fairly original so I'll try to duplicate whatever came from the factory.
I couldn't find anything relevant on the internet then I ran across your forum, so I hope someone from its birthplace can assist.
Thank you.
I live near Los Angeles in the US and have a 1969 South African MkII Pickup with a very poor original bonnet badge. It is the simple round domed clear plastic badge with rear painted red Morris bull and wavy blue lines for the water/stream. They aren't available new and good used ones go for crazy money on E-Bay.
Can anyone tell me if the SA MkII badge was completely painted on the back, including silver and a white background like the attached picture I found of a British badge? Or was it clear except for the painted ox and stream, with a silver piece of plastic coated paper behind it like mine has? I don't know if that silver paper is original or if it was just someone's simplified attempt at repainting.
A friend is casting a new badge and will paint it, but I don't know which way to have him paint it. I want to keep the pickup looking fairly original so I'll try to duplicate whatever came from the factory.
I couldn't find anything relevant on the internet then I ran across your forum, so I hope someone from its birthplace can assist.
Thank you.
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