Just received my new repo R/T dash emblems, not bad Chris :)

[8WHEELER]

Chris sent me the info on these dash R/T emblems for covering up the hole in the center of
the dash on 68's. I have been looking for an original one for years with no luck. They came on Coronet
R/T's, but I think they look great on our Chargers as well. They are $35.00 for the first one and
$30.00ea if you buy more than one, not to bad. They are using very thin double back tape type
material. He says it can be taken on and off about 10 times before needing new tape. His add is in MCG.

Thought maybe some of you might be interested.

Dan

[8WHEELER]

Chris do you have a close up of your original unit?? he said he could not do the chrome as well
as the originals around the R/T part and the outside. Also he could not get the backside
clips to work that hold it in place on the original , so he had to use the tape.

Dan

[Shakey]

I recall you guys talking about how hard they are to find.  Nice to see someone making the effort to produce them.  I'll put it on my list of things to get, after everything else is done.

Thanks for the info Dan.

[BMC440]

Nice looking piece. Does anyone have a picture of it on the car?

[Nacho-RT74]

sorry to be honest and say this but:

IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF S***T

my two cents.

[694spdRT]

What is the diameter of that piece?

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

sorry to be honest and say this but:

IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF S***T

my two cents.

Dang, tell us how you really feel 

The originals looked a bit different as you know Dan....

The "R/T" itself is a embossed, raised font thet is adonized red, black & chrome.
The plastic is chromed as well.

That one looks like a screen print & a silver painted plastic? 

Ill take mine off and take a close up pic of it......

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Here are a few pics and a pic of my "retaining mechanism" (velcro)....dont kill me but I actually cut off the mounting tabs 

The original part # is 2889611 by the way.....

Overall the repro doesnt look too bad but is a bit pricey IMHO

[Silver R/T]

where does it go actually. I do not remember where it can go on dash in a Charger....

[Old Moparz]

Good photos for comparing, thanks. I don't know if I'd go as far as saying the new one looks like s**t, but it is a bit different. Side by side I think the quality is about the same, & one doesn't appear worse than the other to me.

I'd consider making one of these for that spot:  

[8WHEELER]

sorry to be honest and say this but:

IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF S***T

my two cents.

  a third Gen owner would not understand how hard they are to find, and if you do $250.00 to $300.00
for an original. And when you put it up on the dash, where it sits, just 1in under the dash housing in the shadows,
$30.00 is not bad and it will look fine in that dark area.

Dan

[8WHEELER]

where does it go actually. I do not remember where it can go on dash in a Charger....

Right in between the speedo and tack on a 68.

Dan

[8WHEELER]

Here are a few pics and a pic of my "retaining mechanism" (velcro)....dont kill me but I actually cut off the mounting tabs 

The original part # is 2889611 by the way.....

Overall the repro doesnt look too bad but is a bit pricey IMHO

Chris, you are one of the few that really understand how hard it is to find an original, and that there evan was one.
Evan though they were for a 68 Coronet R/T only, I like the look on a Charger.......

Yeah like I said he tried to get it chromed like the original no luck. And tried to get the silver/chromed raised area
around the R/T and no luck there as well. I will get one in the car today '' AND BE HAPPY'' 
Breaking off the tabs    I know I know I remember you telling me that before, but ouch 

Dan

[694spdRT]

Maybe it would look more correct if round slugs of polished stainless steel were used. Then a vinyl or screen print like Chris mentioned could be placed over that. That is why I wondered what the diameter of the piece is.  

I am even thinking a modified dime or other coin might look good...plus a coin has the raised edge.

BTW: I think the R/T should have been standard on the Charger's and the repo piece Dan posted is good alternative to the impossible to find originals.

[8WHEELER]

Sorry I forgot to say, they are about 1in in diameter.

Dan

[694spdRT]

Sorry I forgot to say, they are about 1in in diameter.

Dan

Thanks. I have a Canadian and US quarter that measure 15/16" in diameter. I will take one to a sign and graphics guy I use a lot and see what he can come up with. The Canadian quarter has less prominant features on the face and would probably work best for covering with graphics.

I added a little black to the picture to get an idea of what it might look like. I think it has some potential using a nice shiny coin.

[Doc74]

Here are a few pics and a pic of my "retaining mechanism" (velcro)....dont kill me but I actually cut off the mounting tabs 

The original part # is 2889611 by the way.....

Overall the repro doesnt look too bad but is a bit pricey IMHO

Chris, you are one of the few that really understand how hard it is to find an original, and that there evan was one.
Evan though they were for a 68 Coronet R/T only, I like the look on a Charger.......

Yeah like I said he tried to get it chromed like the original no luck. And tried to get the silver/chromed raised area
around the R/T and no luck there as well. I will get one in the car today '' AND BE HAPPY'' 
Breaking off the tabs    I know I know I remember you telling me that before, but ouch 

Dan

I remember vividly having one in my 68, I looked at it every day for 5 years driving the thing all over the place and you know what, I never really was a big fan of it and at one point thought about replacing it with something like an R/T badge but since it wasn't one I never bothered 

I had the entire cluster out one day after an electrical mishap (hot coffee over the dash) and now I wish I did remove the darn thing, the charger got destroyed with everything in it some years later, I could've made someone happy with it, no way I'd charge 300 bucks for a tiny badge, I gotta sleep at night.

Btw for what it's worth, the badge looks just fine 8wheeler

[Silver R/T]

where does it mount at exactly?

[mally69]

8wheeler has a pic of his tach and his speedo i assume it goes where he has that little triangular shaped thing


HEY GUYS  i have a little round one that is red and black    all it is   is a black dot with a red circle around the the black dot what car  did this come from


ive been shuffling this thing around for 3 years didnt know where it is supposed to be   i know where it goes now

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

where does it mount at exactly?

Silver I thought you had a 68 Charger??? 

On 68's the screw hole between the tach & speedo has a rectangular cut out.  (69's & 70's just had the round hole)

In this cutout, the Dodge Triangle or the Bullseye medallion was mounted (on '68 Coronet R/T's the above mentioned R/T emblem was standard)

Me having a 69 bought an NOS R/T medallion about 7 years ago "just because"  to mount it to a 69 dash bezel without cuting out the rectangular hole in the bezel, I used a bit of velcro to attach it.....

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

HEY GUYS i have a little round one that is red and black all it is is a black dot with a red circle around the the black dot what car did this come from


ive been shuffling this thing around for 3 years didnt know where it is supposed to be i know where it goes now

That is the "bullseye" style.   I dont think the rhyme or reason why it was either the triangle or the bullseye was settled yet

[mally69]

well i have a 69 charger but i have a 68 face plates coulnt find 69 face plate BUT you guys are saying that all the chargers came with the bullseye or the triangle and the coronets came wit the r/t emblem correct

i had best keep my bullseye it does have a chrysler design on the back of it

[8WHEELER]

The 68 face plate came with the medallion, because it had a square hole in the dash where that center screw goes.
The 69 and 70 dashes don't have a square hole so the medallions don't work, unless you use Velcro or double back tape 

Dan

[Nacho-RT74]

sorry to be honest and say this but:

IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF S***T

my two cents.

a third Gen owner would not understand how hard they are to find, and if you do $250.00 to $300.00
for an original. And when you put it up on the dash, where it sits, just 1in under the dash housing in the shadows,
$30.00 is not bad and it will look fine in that dark area.

Dan

Please don't missunderstand me... I'm telling that just because I'm really tired of bad quality repro parts, mostly of them not even close to originals, made just trying to fill an empty space... That's for any gen owner.

Sorry, I'm still hating the repro window weatherstrips I got from YO.

By the way, that piece could be done on the same place graves letters are made. Just need an original to make the cast. A friend of mine did that with his mach 1 Mustang emblems.

[8WHEELER]

I can understand being frustrated with repro parts, I have seen a lot of poor quality stuff as well
so I know what you mean.

All I was pointing out was that you can buy one now, and he had told me all about the
chroming problems before I decided to buy them. He had also told me of the problems
with the no tabs on the back. He tried and tried he said but they were so small, they
would break off on him so he did not want to ship out something that broke on him.

So I decided to pay $30.00 so it, if I had spent $250.00 to $300.00 I would call it a piece of SH@*T.
And to tell you the truth, I had my camera 4in away at max when taking the picture, if you look at
them from over 3-4ft away like we do, they look much better.

I am going to try to chrome the outside edge better as well, I hope what I am going to try works.

Dan