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I think I have a bowtie problem the back two on the boxes are NOS the silver one is off a van and I have another one at the house attached to a spare grille

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edited

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If you are selling these you need to put this post in the classified section wih the price of each one. Meanwhile if this turns into a buying and selling thread here it will be locked and deleted.. It is quite a collection .where did you get them all?

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got some off ebay and some off trucks i parted, I have had a few more but they were not as nice as these. I purchased the silver one to put on my truck just haven't gotten around to it yet. I am thinking about painting one of the less nice ones just haven't gotten around to it.

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replying that you will let him know if you do not like it, is encouraging sales. I had to edit that out being Bob just posted that this can not turn into an ad thread. Sorry, I hate technicalities.

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someone in the admin dept please delete this thread as I only wanted to show my collection and everyone that has replyed thinks I posted this for sale. I only wanted to show what i have.

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I'll take two!

:D Just kidding.

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Double post. Oops.

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i have a ? on the bowties. do they or did they make black ones?

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I have never seen one

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Not during the squarebody era.

K

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Nice collection! I figured out a way to restore them back to original condition after I saw a NOS one go for $350 on ebay. What I did was buy a cheap faded one with good chrome and then drilled out the rivets on the back to pop the center bowtie out. Then I sanded it to get the brushed finish back and had it re-anodized for $80. I did 2 since it was $80 for any quantity. Only problem was they anodized them a little duller than I would of liked but I just had my friends body shop clear coat them and it turned out perfect. I will try and get a picture later.

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would like to see the finished product!!! I am wanting to strip the gold off one and see what I can do with it. The NOS ones go high on ebay, I watched one go for 500 last year. I guess that I got so many trying to get a nice one for my truck, I have swaped them out several times and I keep finding nicer ones.

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Now thats useing your head. Great info.

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Id make a frame and mount them to the wall.

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Ya, I was thinking about buying all the $20 ones on ebay and getting them re-anodized and then selling them, but after I saw how much work it takes sanding them to make it look good once they are anodized it just wasn't worth it. The second one they did for me I didn't sand it I just gave it to them to strip and anodize and it didn't turn out to good. I will take a picture of it when I get home tonight. It turned out really good!

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Try to find a local anodizing company who can do it. We have a steel fab buisness and know of many anodizer's but most of them didn't have the right gold anodizing. Turns out the closest one to me had the right color. When I told them I wanted a little darker shade than the sample they had I guess they thought I meant a satin finish. The clear coat fixed that problem though and also will protect it.

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Here is the finished product. I will put an add up in the classifieds now that I am a premium member and anybody that wants to can send me their 81-87 chevy bowtie emblem and I will restore it for you.

This one looked pretty bad before.
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/...psgrbd6l6c.jpg

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Looks great now!

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Dang that looks better than the nos one I have!!!!