427 emblem - Page 2

Tonkin NZ · #1 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 03:28 AM

Does anyone know where you can get these emblems?

Roscoe · #2 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 07:49 AM

Rick Yeager · #3 (**permalink**) 07-30-2008, 05:10 AM

Tonkin NZ, You can buy them from several places. Finish Line who supports this site has them. Cobra Restorers has them and are good to deal with. I believe Mustangs Unlimited has them too. Mustangs Unlimited may also have similar emblems with 351 scripts

TerrysSPF · #4 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 07:31 AM

Rick: I think you're right about the 351 badges; I've seen them as well. In fact, I think I've seen 428 badges also - probably at the same place I saw the 351's.

Badges on cars have always been mounted to tell you (or the person next to you) what's under the hood - NOT what type of "body style" the car is.
CS should have changed the badges to read 428 when he switched motors (which HE did to save a buck - it wasn't "insisted by Ford")...........but I think we all know why CS didn't tell anyone about the engine swap. -It was typical CS BS.

As far as what badges people should put on THEIR replica, well....................it's YOUR car. Put whatever you feel comfortable with on it.

skydash · #5 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 08:47 AM

I gotta agree with the "old school" line of thought on this one.If you have a 427,you have the right to use that 427 emblem.Anything smaller should show the "powered by Ford" emblem.It's akin to finally "making it" with the hottie at school,only to discover that once the bra is removed,all that's left is two handfull's of toilet paper!

SKINNEDR · #6 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by skydash

I gotta agree with the "old school" line of thought on this one.If you have a 427,you have the right to use that 427 emblem.Anything smaller should show the "powered by Ford" emblem.It's akin to finally "making it" with the hottie at school,only to discover that once the bra is removed,all that's left is two handfull's of toilet paper!

You are funny. At 22 years of age I encountered that with a hottie wearing padded panties.. Mannnnnnnnnn, I was disappointed......
That was the last date we had....
Dex..

Eric Page · #7 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by skydash

I gotta agree with the "old school" line of thought on this one. If you have a 427, you have the right to use that 427 emblem. Anything smaller should show the "powered by Ford" emblem.

Right?!?!

How's this for old school: It's his car, and he has the right to put any badge on it he wants. He can put a 5 hp Briggs & Stratton under the hood and advertise "Cummins Turbo Diesel" on the fender if he feels like it.

Joe, use what you think looks good and apologize to no one.

RACERAL · #8 (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 08:23 PM

Anybody that would put a 427 badge on a car without a 427 in it ought to be shot...

Now having said that... anybody that would put a small block in a Cobra ought to be shot...

again

scaffold · #9 (**permalink**) 05-05-2011, 02:38 PM

makes me kinda glad I've got a big block bowtie

maxrsmart · #10 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TerrysSPF

Rick: I think you're right about the 351 badges; I've seen them as well. In fact, I think I've seen 428 badges also - probably at the same place I saw the 351's.

Badges on cars have always been mounted to tell you (or the person next to you) what's under the hood - NOT what type of "body style" the car is.
CS should have changed the badges to read 428 when he switched motors (which HE did to save a buck - it wasn't "insisted by Ford")...........but I think we all know why CS didn't tell anyone about the engine swap. -It was typical CS BS.

As far as what badges people should put on THEIR replica, well....................it's YOUR car. Put whatever you feel comfortable with on it.

I found these from Billet Badges.

I checked into it and they can make replica badges that have any engine CID you want. They also don't have to say FORD! It's all about the details to make you stand out from the crowd.

FFR428 · #11 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 05:16 PM

www.billetbadges.com Maxrsmart this the site? Where on there did you find those?

Ron61 · #12 (**permalink**) 09-28-2008, 06:52 AM

When I had my Cobra I had 351 Windsor Badges on it. At a car show I was parked next to a guy that I knew who had a 351 but had put 427 badges on his. Some guy walked back and forth between the cars about a dozen times and finally asked the other guy why his 427 looked exactly the same as my 351. The next week Joe called and asked where he could get 351 badges for his Cobra. I have always put whatever shows the motor size on any of my cars including the real ones such as the 65 Galaxie with the 390. A lot of my friends changed the 390 badges to 427 to impress people. I have seen the 488 Stroker Badges on a car here but don't known where the guy got them from.

Ron

Dwight · #13 (**permalink**) 09-28-2008, 07:48 AM

I have made a few badges out of stainless. We have a local knife dealer to etch the lettering.
We used these badges to cover holes when we moved the mirrows onto to the windshield post.
Dwight

maxrsmart · #14 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by FFR428

www.billetbadges.com Maxrsmart this the site? Where on there did you find those?

Yes, that is the site. I found them in the "Gallery" under "Custom". Then at the bottom, click on the Flickr gallery for more pictures. Here is a link to their "Custom" gallery.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/billetb...7602547902461/

You will see them about 6 rows down. He has a lot of nice stuff. Check out this custom Cobra badge.

Their e-mail address is under "Contact". Just shoot them an e-mail with what you want and have them draw it up for you.

Nedsel · #15 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 08:23 PM

Terry - have you ever thought of putting a 427 tag on your car's fender when, in fact, you're packing maybe 600 cubic inches instead, so you can really surprise someone? That's sorta how it is with the lapel pin - I just don't want to scare her off by being overly honest, you know?

FFR428 · #16 (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxrsmart

Yes, that is the site. I found them in the "Gallery" under "Custom". Then at the bottom, click on the Flickr gallery for more pictures. Here is a link to their "Custom" gallery.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/billetb...7602547902461/

You will see them about 6 rows down. He has a lot of nice stuff. Check out this custom Cobra badge.

Their e-mail address is under "Contact". Just shoot them an e-mail with what you want and have them draw it up for you.

Thank you!

TerrysSPF · #17 (**permalink**) 09-28-2008, 08:39 PM

Those are some sweet looking badges!

Let's get a couple things straight here. The numbers / badges on the sides of a car has ALWAYS been there to tell people what you have under the hood. -NOT to tell people what "body style" you have.

Look at every muscle car made. Corvette's, Chevelles, Chargers, 'Cuda's, Mustangs, etc.............. They ALL came with small blocks OR big blocks in the SAME body. The only way you knew what was in it was by the badges or painted on emblems on the hood or side of the car. The 440 Challenger was the same car / body as the 340 Challenger. -Different hood and paint maybe, but the same body.

Leave it to Shelby to do something like put a lower-powered 428 into a car that advertises having a high-powered 427 and sell it to the public without telling them. I guess he could tell people that the 427 badge on the side was to tell people what "body style" they were looking at, but that would be typical Shelby snake-oil.

-I better check my chili. Maybe I bought the small block mix on accident!

However, as Ron pointed out earlier, we are talking REPLICA'S here. If you want to put a 427 badge on a SC, then by all means do it. Afterall, that's what they came with originally and that is what you are REPLICATING.
Bottom line is, it's YOUR car, do what makes you feel comfortable.

Got the Bug · #18 (**permalink**) 09-28-2008, 08:57 PM

Badges? I don't need no stinkin' badges!

Be brave...go badgeless!

TerrysSPF · #19 (**permalink**) 09-29-2008, 04:56 PM

Nedsel- After the pants come down, you can always tell the ladies that your smallblock is a replica of the REAL thing!

FWB · #20 (**permalink**) 09-29-2008, 05:46 PM

i then am doing a great injustice with my 427 badges when i'm stroked to 468