I took my car through the car wash this morning. As I exited, I noticed my hood ornament had decided it was a good time to detach itself from the vehicle.
Are these easy to reinstall?
Are these easy to reinstall?
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if the hook on the bottom is still intact... kinda. It's basically a U shaped steel wire with J hooks on the end of each of the U's legs that hold the ornament on the spring.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes. -
The bottom of the ornament gave out, so that's how the evil scrubber thingy in the car wash was able to remove the ornament.
I could always just have the stupid thing welded into the base.Comment
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On the underside of the header panel there's a large nut that you can get with an adjustable wrench. This way takes the base and all off.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - Currently restoring after she caught fire! CFI to SEFI to Carb swap, all custom wiring, Duraspark 2 ignition, Motorcraft 2100 Carb, slicktop, Shorty headers dumped before rear axle, 140 Speedo, 3G alt, And currently building an engine for her.
2000 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series - 165XXX, PI intake swap
, 30 MPG Easy on the Highway
, All options except dual exhaust. Currently looking for 2 front seats: Heated, Memory, and Light Graphite color!!Comment
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+1!! New ornaments should be available on EBAY. Sometimes, however, the prices are NOT condusive!! That is why when I saw a few for like $5-10 I bought them to hold on to.Originally posted by fmansfield444 View Post
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Well I recovered the ornament, it's now hanging on my wall.
Maybe this would be a good time to replace it with a webcam...Comment
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just pick one up off ebay, i got an original for my Merc for 15 and suprisingly it was damn near perfect. when i bought it mine was broken as well. the adjustable wrench works great. should have a little nub that sticks into a hole to keep it from rotating on you. so dont over torque it or youll snap that off.Charlette - Brown 1977 Ford LTD - 351 Windsor 155K, Full Custom Pioneer system, green HID, interior & underbody
Alesha - Black 1982 Mercury Marquis - 255ci 178K, full custom Kenwood and Infinity system, lowered, dual exhaust, LED all the things
Tangerine Dream - Orange 1988 F-150 Custom - 300 i6 82k, Ghetto sound system, 5spd, 2WD, #farmtruckComment
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I kinda like the later Merc ornaments better than my skinny Lincoln one.
Is it a sin to put a Merc ornament on a Lincoln?Comment
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if it's the one from the 88-91... yes. the earlier one... no.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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79-87 Merc emblems.. (like mine) are the ones similar to the lincoln shapeCharlette - Brown 1977 Ford LTD - 351 Windsor 155K, Full Custom Pioneer system, green HID, interior & underbody
Alesha - Black 1982 Mercury Marquis - 255ci 178K, full custom Kenwood and Infinity system, lowered, dual exhaust, LED all the things
Tangerine Dream - Orange 1988 F-150 Custom - 300 i6 82k, Ghetto sound system, 5spd, 2WD, #farmtruckComment
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I like early merc emblems.
Currently I have a 78 LTD emblem on my CV. From a full size. It's pretty sweet1985 LTD Crown Victoria - Currently restoring after she caught fire! CFI to SEFI to Carb swap, all custom wiring, Duraspark 2 ignition, Motorcraft 2100 Carb, slicktop, Shorty headers dumped before rear axle, 140 Speedo, 3G alt, And currently building an engine for her.
2000 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series - 165XXX, PI intake swap, 30 MPG Easy on the Highway, All options except dual exhaust. Currently looking for 2 front seats: Heated, Memory, and Light Graphite color!!Comment
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Dear Panthers,
Since the shooting brake is no longer the car that came from the factory I see no reason to keep the little adverts.
Donald McCaigComment
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When some of the local urchins decided to remove the emblem from the GMCP, I put a Lincoln "gunsite" on mine. Since it has an LSC engine, I thought it was appropriate...
87 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Country Squire Station Wagon. 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, Boxed LCA's, Explorer Intake, 65mm T-body, 'Stang Cam, 'Stang Air tube, K&N, GT-40X Heads, 1" Spacer, 1 5/8 BBK's, 2.5" Pypes X-pipe w/high flow cats, Single Chamber Thunderbolts, B&M 'vertor, Po-lice Swaybars.
91 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park Station Wagon. K-Code, 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, MK VII LSC Engine, 'Stang Upper Intake, Stang Air Tube, K&N, 65 mm T-Body, 'Stang Headers, 'Stang Cat Pipe,'Stang Torque Convertor, 2 Chamber Thunderbolts.
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