66-71 FL tank emblems (yellow?)

[bmh]

The factory emblems say "Fox" on the backside.
VPH-D

That one got me curious as I had never noticed that before, so I went out to the shop and pulled an emblem off an original paint tank to see. There are no markings whatsoever on the inside of either one I pulled. Just stamped aluminum.


I then compared them to a set of modern genuine H-D replacements with the ivory paint. Once you discount the paint, the differences are very subtle. So much that a side by side comparison is necessary to spot them. The area over the lettering is brushed to a more coarse finish on the originals and the dash between the names is about 1/32" longer also.

[vph-d]

bmh,
look below the hyphen.
VPH-D

[flat-happy]

could be the angle but it appears that the black line surrounding the words is twice as wide on the repops. also the D is dead canter on the originals and a little to the right of center on the repops maybe

[T. Cotten]

I'm not up on late models,
But real ones should be anodized (as the inside of Brian's appear to be), not polished.

....Cotten

[bmh]

bmh,
look below the hyphen.
VPH-D

Thanks for pointing that out, I never saw it. Not when i took the pic or sitting here staring at it either. Now my whole day was worthwhile, I learned something


As for the outline, it may be a tad wider on the new one but appears worse in the photo then it really is. The old ones have a bit of polish built up in the letters and outline and just don't seem to show up as crisp when photographed. Though I now also see that the corners of the outline rounded a bit where as the originals are nice and square.

It's starting to snow like all get out here again, but next I get down to the shop I intend to inspect the back of the repop emblem closer , maybe they say fox in Korean.

[OldHog66]

My are stock.. I don't know how restorable my emblems are, but they do have the Fox stamp on the back. I had no idea how much conversation my simple question would generate!
Thanks to all who contributed!! Seems like most of us learned a lot!

[bmh]

I had no idea how much conversation my simple question would generate!

It's often the seemingly simple questions that cause the biggest uproar.