Hood bow tie emblem idea 69-70

[Mhussnatter]

Just figured I would share with the group. I am sure I am not the first to do this but I think it came out pretty cool. When I got my truck the blue plastic piece inside the emblem was all busted to pieces so I removed all the pieces which and found that the previous owner did not take it off prior to the 1/2 azz paint job he put on the truck so the original blue showed through. I didn't want to leave the emblem hollow anyway as water and dirt etc would get trapped in there. I removed it and then used it to trace out a template then transferred that to some aluminum and cut it out with some tin snips. I was kind of stuck on how to secure the aluminum piece inside the emblem....thought about soldering but then after some research decided that was not a good idea. Most of the tabs inside the emblem had broken off. I eventually decided to use some job weld and clamped it in place while the epoxy set up. Easy project that didn't cost much at all.