55.2-59 GMC Suburban Tailgate Emblem...need a mold to reproduce!

[daveshilling]

Any forum members have a GMC Suburban Pickup and want to make a silicone mold of their tailgate emblem for me? I'll buy a kit and ship it to ya.. I want to make a reproduction emblem for my tailgate which is missing the emblem.

I may have a bunch made as well in case anyone else needs one or wants a backup.

Thanks in advance!

[_Ogre]

except for that daveshilling guy, most of the gmc suburban pickup owners hang out at the yacht club 🤷

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

except for that daveshilling guy, most of the gmc suburban pickup owners hang out at the yacht club 🤷

There has to be at least one guy here who bought his in 1982 for $150 and a case of beer...

[1project2many]

except for that daveshilling guy, most of the gmc suburban pickup owners hang out at the yacht club

Without the tailgate emblem he's not gonna get in.

There has to be at least one guy here who bought his in 1982 for $150 and a case of beer...

That's when I bought mine! But it was only $75 and no beer.

[G&R's57GMC]

Aw come on guys , Help a fellow Suburban P.U. guy out !

He's really is a nice guy , and really needs your HELP with this .

I mean how hard would it be to pull the emblem and make a mold with the kit he will send you . Heck he'll even pay the postage :-)

Ppppleeeease , pretty please .

I mean you really don't want to see his naked tail do you ?

[daveshilling]

Well, crap. A reproduced tailgate emblem appeared on eBay back in June, and I totally missed it. $850 for the repop!! Sadly I'd have strongly considered paying it as who knows how long until another guy lets go of one he is stashing away...

At this point, I'm willing to take even dimensions?? If someone could just measure theirs? Trace it on some paper?

[G&R's57GMC]

It would be sweet if someone had one and a 3D printer and made a few …. It would certainly pay for the printer in short order .

Then one could take the printed emblem to a foundry and have a mold made and a new emblem poured and chrome plated … just a thought .

Damm why didn’t I think of that when mine got screwed up by the plater , oh ya at that time 3D printers were $$$$$$$ .

Oh poo I could have been more proactive about getting the damaged emblem back but the flood didn’t help and the plater moved and I lost contact .
Had I got it back , now that I think about it I could have filled the hole with Bondo and had a mold made and a new casting made . But little did I know how rare this emblem was !

Sorry about that Dave . It’s true hindsight is 20 20 .

[daveshilling]

I found a repop for sale privately, and it is en route... wish me luck!!

[_Ogre]

gotta pic of one? the only one i see online is a 55 gmc
i know it's not the same, but you could always airbrush an emblem

[_Ogre]

dang i type slow... good luck, make your mold and start selling them

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

dang i type slow... good luck, make your mold and start selling them

A repop of a repop will start getting ugly

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by daveshilling

A repop of a repop will start getting ugly

Idk, my father sorta looks like his father, I sorta look like my father
BUT I am most definitely the best looking Ogre in the bunch

[57tailgater]

Is the same emblem used for the hood opening or are they different?

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by 57tailgater

Is the same emblem used for the hood opening or are they different?

Oh I wish, that would make my life so easy! Its a unique piece. I'll post a photo when the repop I purchased arrives.