Snake emblems

[shelbymann1970]

Going through my original ford green backed snake emblems I have 2 styles. One fits my convertible quarter panel perfectly. In the side pic you can see the curvature of the quarter panel where the emblem sits. How do  know they are in the right position? when I bought my car-plus I have pics when it was new-it had the original Shelby emblems on it. I measure the placement of the rectangular "SHELBY" emblem before removing. I know it was never off because tof pics and the original RED paint under it(masked off on a repaint). What I call the convertible snake has  .054 thousands gap in the center of the emblem on a flat surface. The other style which doesn't fit has about a .025 thousands gap in the center. The vert emblem when set on my Mach1 between the emblem studs is slightly open in the center. The flatter one fits real close but not perfect but probably does when stuck on. Second pic shows the top gap of the flatter .025 emblem on a vert quarter. First pic .054 gap snake fits perfectly.

[shelbymann1970]

emblem

[Coralsnake]

I just bought some "nos" ones on ebay from vintage auto lit. They are nice and maybe ACSCO, but they are not flat (as advertised) and probably not old stock

[TA Coupe]

Here's a picture of a couple I got in the early to mid 70's.

      Roy

[shelbymann1970]

I just bought some "nos" ones on ebay from vintage auto lit. They are nice and maybe ACSCO, but they are not flat (as advertised) and probably not old stock

I need to take my emblems over to my friend Seraphim's house and put them on his 68 fenders(my flatter .025 gap emblems) to see how they fit. My emblems were all bought in the 80s at Columbus swap meet. The guy had display cases filled with original Ford emblems.

[shelbymann1970]

Better pics showing how the flatter slightly curved snake don't fit a vert good. At the top you can see the curved differences on how they fit or don't fit .