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Sport Fury Dash Placque
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:59 am
by Fins59
I notice in pictures that some dash placques (on glove box door) has the name of the current owner engraved on them. My question is: was the original name taken off somehow and another name engraved onto it? I asked awhile back at a trophy shop if this could be done and they didn't think so; but they didn't see the placque so maybe didn't quite understand what I was asking. If this can be done, haven't really decided if I would do it. It's kinda like erasing history. The name on my placque is Little Doc Clark. (Anybody heard of him/her? Never know, it's a small world, especially today) John Z
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 pm
by Faulkner
John, if I'm not mistaken -- I believe Robert Hinds told me (in a phone conversation? One of his articles?) that he had the old name buffed out and his name engraved. I can't be sure it was him, though... I'll send him an email, and ask.
Dan
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:39 am
by Guest
my plaque is blank...I dont plan on having it engraved.
I agree you would be erasing history, and yet who wants the original owner's name on the car right where you see it every time?
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:40 am
by rogerh
you "guest" it, I am the guest, again.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:01 am
by Faulkner
John, this just in from Bob Hinds:
From: Robert S Hinds [mailto:
robert.hinds@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:49 AM
To:
morton@rad.upenn.edu
Subject: Re: question about dash plaque
There are several ways the current owner's name could be on the dash plaque:
1. It could be the dash plaque from a Sport Fury owned by that person in the past.
2. The original owner may still own the car.
3. The car may have come with a dash plaque that was not engraved and the owner had his name put on it.
4. Or most likely the following was done as I did with my plaque:
a. Using an expander wheel with extra fine emery paper (Wheel and paper available from Eastwood), carefully sand off the engraved name.
b. Buff the entire plaque with the appropriate buff and compound for brass, until it is uniform in appearance, be careful not to buff off the details, concentrate on the name section only.
c. Have the new name engraved.
d. Buff the plaque lightly with fine rouge to remove the tarnish and give it a nice shine.
e. Spray the plaque with a protective spray to prevent tarnish.
f. Install on your glove box door, stand back and admire.
Hope this helps, keep up the good work with the web site.
Bob
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:57 pm
by Fins59
Thanks, Dan, Bob, and Roger (aka "guest") for the info. I think if I do erase original name I'll take a picture of placque - at least that much of it would be preserved. John
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:40 am
by Texas-Jacksons
Hey Everyone,
I just had a guy write me about the dash plaques. He says he has a blank one. I don't know if it is a true blank one or it is an engraved one that has had the name removed. He is asking about rarity and worth. I don't know what to tell him. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mark
The Jackson Garage
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:52 am
by Faulkner
Hi Mark,
There was one go for sale on eBay a while back, completely blank. I think it sold between 3-4 hundred dollars, but I don't remember exactly. Even an engraved one is worth a pretty penny, and can be reengraved as Bob Hinds suggests.
Dan
Dash plaques
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:34 am
by Tony
Mine is blank, but I'm planning to put the original owner's name on it. I bet the dealers were probably charging a whopping $10 back then for the engraving, so most of the buyers passed.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:54 am
by Matthew Keij
There was a blank one ending yesterday! Ended at $76!
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:05 am
by Faulkner
$76?!! Dang!
Do you have the eBay auction ID, Matthew?
Dan
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:35 am
by Matthew Keij
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:39 pm
by Faulkner
Yikes! Here's why I never saw it:
1959 plymoth- sport fury-personal dash-plaque-not used
And this is my eBay search string:
(plymouth,plymoth,plym,ply) (1959,59,'59)
I was banking on typos, like "plymoth". But somehow I missed it...
(*sigh*) perhaps we could start a thread on search strings...
Dan
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:22 am
by rogerh
regarding the NOS medallions...I recognize the EBay IDs, those are all the "high rollers" bidding on them..Khuberi, laguna, etc. this one will be amazing to watch...up to $610 at the moment..
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:46 pm
by Matthew Keij
The medallions are already up to $766!!