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Topic: "FORD" lettering on Tailgates
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sigtauenus
Gearhead Posts: 2219
From: Va Beach
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 10-03-2003 10:08 PM
   
As you know, I'm repainting my truck Midnight Jade, a dark green. The "FORD" letters on the tailgate (the ones stamped out of the sheetmetal) should be white, and I planned on painting the white on. I was debating which color to paint on first and how to mask it when I got the new NPD Ford Truck catalog and saw they sell transfer emblems for the tailgate. Basically, I can put the FORD back on the tailgate in white as easy as putting on a transfer "stripe" or decal, however you would describe it. Is the transfer emblem the way the factory did it, or was the "FORD" tailgate letters painted?I also heard the suggestion to paint the entire tailgate green first, then paint the strips white, then paint green again, and then sand the green off the letters, revealing the white. Works if the letters are perfectly flat, and beats masking, but the transfer emblems NPD sells for 17 bucks takes the cake if that's the way its supposed to be done.
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KULTULZ
Gearhead Posts: 783
From: Rockville, MD
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 10-04-2003 06:23 AM
Yes...FORD used these transfers for most tailgates and as I remember (depending on year) there was more than just white offered.You can also get these transfer kits (3M) from most large paint suppliers.
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DidgeyTrucker
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From: Greenbrier, TN USA
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 10-04-2003 03:08 PM
All the tailgates I've seen 1979 and older were painted white over the color.Tracy ------------------
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sigtauenus
Gearhead Posts: 2219
From: Va Beach
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 10-04-2003 04:51 PM
Tracy,
Are you confirming that the color of the letters was white, or that the letters were painted vice a decal, or both?Sam
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DidgeyTrucker
Gearhead Posts: 1190
From: Greenbrier, TN USA
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 10-26-2003 11:45 AM
White paint.Tracy
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43151
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-26-2003 07:14 PM
There were also decals available, depending on the package. I had an '86 that was Dark Canyon Red with Antique White trim, and it had red decals from the factory {I bought it new} on the tailgate. When I had it repainted, I left it white, which I thought looked a lot better.------------------
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 3984
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-27-2003 09:17 PM
I had a two tone 79,brown and tan. It had tan transfer letters on the tailgate.
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