1970 FORD Grill Letters Badging on 2025 Heritage Bronco

[davebdave]

Has anyone else done this? What do you think? These aren’t from a 1966 Bronco as those are canted and won’t mount flat, instead they are from an unknown truck from 1973 (eBay). My wife says I need to paint the centers red but I’m inclined to leave as is. They have some patina and might look worse with fresh paint. I just couldn’t stand the uninteresting plastic letters that were there from the factory.

Dave

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[Copperhorse73]

Check out wrekt4d on Instagram. He’s not on here that I know of but he did it

 

[604Bronco]

Looks good. I wouldn’t paint them red either - it’ll pop too much on the vehicle, IMO.

 

[Lifeliberty]

How are they mounted?

 

[Bronco Buster Wayne]

Has anyone else done this? What do you think? These aren’t from a 1966 Bronco as those are canted and won’t mount flat, instead they are from an unknown truck from 1973 (eBay). My wife says I need to paint the centers red but I’m inclined to leave as is. They have some patina and might look worse with fresh paint. I just couldn’t stand the uninteresting plastic letters that were there from the factory.

Dave

I vote no paint too!! Looks great as is!

 

[MFP2241]

Those look great man.

If I was going to do anything, I might paint the raised outline part of each letter red to give a little pop, but that would be it. All red would be too much.

Nice work.

 

[davebdave]

How are they mounted?

I’m not proud of my hack job but since you asked… The F didn’t require any drilling for the studs but the other letters did. These are almost 4in wide which is slightly wider than stock. I had the original back nuts for the letters but ended up JB welding them in with a layer of clear RTV behind them. They could be removed with a Dremel if needed.

 

[Classic28]

That looks really good. I went with some older letters off wild horses bronco.

 

[davebdave]

That looks really good. I went with some older letters off wild horses bronco.

Thanks, that looks awesome!!!

 

[DarthLincoln]

That looks really good. I love the size of the letters which perfectly fill that space.

Personally I would prefer the center was red. Not a bright red but a darker cardinal or carnelian red. However, given their current original patina I would leave it alone since it looks good with your color Bronco.

 

[BUCKYBRONCO2021]

I love it. Would be awesome if ford remade that with interchangeable lettering. Could do a chromed plastic so it would be cheaper. And could do different color insides.

 

[davebdave]

That looks really good. I love the size of the letters which perfectly fill that space.

Personally I would prefer the center was red. Not a bright red but a darker cardinal or carnelian red. However, given their current original patina I would leave it alone since it looks good with your color Bronco.

Thanks, my wife suggested getting a small amount of wrap material and filling the centers to “try it out.” I may do that but I agree a darker red might look better than Stapler Red.

 

[Harry The Heritage]

That looks sweet!
I vote with others and keep them as is with no paint.

Before I bought my HE I had a RR base squatch and did similar retro letters. In my opinion red letters looks better on red vehicles if you don’t want the red accent to pop.

 

[DarthLincoln]

Has anyone else done this? What do you think? These aren’t from a 1966 Bronco as those are canted and won’t mount flat, instead they are from an unknown truck from 1973 (eBay). My wife says I need to paint the centers red but I’m inclined to leave as is. They have some patina and might look worse with fresh paint. I just couldn’t stand the uninteresting plastic letters that were there from the factory.

Dave

I was really curious what vehicle the letters are from. You said 1973, which looks to be the 1973 Ford Econoline (1973 F100 used sans-serif letters):
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-ford-econoline-2/

 

[VirginiaHeritage]

Thanks, my wife suggested getting a small amount of wrap material and filling the centers to “try it out.” I may do that but I agree a darker red might look better than Stapler Red.

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