Thursday, May 7, 2020

Ford Rectangular Badges

Type C: Produced by C.E.M. 109E-16070 C for North American models. Mounting pins 5/16" thick.

Type D: Produced by J Fray Ltd. 109E-16070 D for U.K. / Europe. Mounting pins 1/8" thick.

Both types are identical and found type D mounted on American models.
Original bezel plate with removed tag. Modified new tag and unmodified tag.


Refurbishing Badges:

New aluminum tags / decals are reproduced by Scott Drake in the U.S. for the American Ford door sill. Decals are of very high quality includes protected plastic covering and sticky backing. He produces two types:


Left: C8ZZ-6513208-T for 1966-1973 Fords. Right: C5ZZ-6513208-T for 1964-1966 Fords
These decals are a bit larger in size to the original decals produced for EnFo. Borders of these decals would need to be cut off to fit the EnFo bezel plates. A wooden jig is fabricated to the size of the inner surface of the bezel plate with a 1/16" deep oval cut-out to give clearance to the embossed Ford emblem. The Drake decal is sandwiched between the two wooden pieces and clamped slightly in  vice. I used a sharp wooden chisel to shave off the outer embossed border. I prefer C8ZZ with the smaller Ford logo instead of the C5ZZ lettering where "Product of " is touching the bezel plate border.
Original emblem.



Thanks to Tom Stixrud, my brother-in-law, for creating the jig for this idea.