Help with 1970 Dart restoration please.
So the 1970 factory Dodge emblem for ALL BUT 1970 Swinger 340s is an odd ball and no one repops it. On the face it is identical to the Dodge hood emblem, which is readily available, but it only has two posts and in locations that are completely different from the 4 post model. Most folks measure where the original was located, and then drill new holes and use the hood emblem - unless you took it apart no one could tell.
1970 Swinger 340s used the same 2 emblems on the trunk that were on the quarters - a 2 post Dart script and a 4 post Swinger emblem with a flower. The 4 posts do not correspond with the OP's 3 holes at all that I can tell. After 70 (71, 72?) they changed to a smaller block print DODGE emblem that I believe was adhesive backed. Like another poster said if it was a later lid, maybe the dealership added their pot metal/chrome insignia above or below the stick on Dodge.
This picture is of a 1970 Swinger 340 trunk lid that I salvaged from a catastrophically wrecked 340 dart in 1976, and have have sitting around ever since:
The upper two holes in a horizontal line are the DART insignia, and the other 4 are for the 4 post swinger sign.
The only three post Swinger signs that I have taken from a car are the Swinger Special fender badges (1972?) which had no flower, just a dot. If anybody can identify when and on what 3 post Swinger emblems with the flower were used I'd like to get that info.
This is a great thread! All these years and you can still learn something all the time...
So the 1970 factory Dodge emblem for ALL BUT 1970 Swinger 340s is an odd ball and no one repops it. On the face it is identical to the Dodge hood emblem, which is readily available, but it only has two posts and in locations that are completely different from the 4 post model. Most folks measure where the original was located, and then drill new holes and use the hood emblem - unless you took it apart no one could tell.
1970 Swinger 340s used the same 2 emblems on the trunk that were on the quarters - a 2 post Dart script and a 4 post Swinger emblem with a flower. The 4 posts do not correspond with the OP's 3 holes at all that I can tell. After 70 (71, 72?) they changed to a smaller block print DODGE emblem that I believe was adhesive backed. Like another poster said if it was a later lid, maybe the dealership added their pot metal/chrome insignia above or below the stick on Dodge.
This picture is of a 1970 Swinger 340 trunk lid that I salvaged from a catastrophically wrecked 340 dart in 1976, and have have sitting around ever since:
The upper two holes in a horizontal line are the DART insignia, and the other 4 are for the 4 post swinger sign.
The only three post Swinger signs that I have taken from a car are the Swinger Special fender badges (1972?) which had no flower, just a dot. If anybody can identify when and on what 3 post Swinger emblems with the flower were used I'd like to get that info.
This is a great thread! All these years and you can still learn something all the time...
