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Old Mar 22, 2023 | 06:14 PM
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Trade Badges?

Since we (my new FTE friends and I) determined last week that my '48 "F-5" is actually an F-3, I wonder if anyone has a set of F-3 badges they'd be willing to swap for my F-5 badges.

I'll attempt to post pix shortly.

Heavens to BET-sih !! I didn't mean to make 'em HUGE





 
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Old Mar 23, 2023 | 09:42 AM
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Hi, I have one F-3 badge. How's this sound.....it is yours for free if you add three entries to the 'Truck Humor' thread. Then PM me with your name & mailing address and I'll send it to you. I've been waiting for someone to say they needed one of these. It is in good shape and the pins are intact.

Note the style difference on the textured blank area between the letter and number. For some reason some plants used a different design for the F3, that is how I ended up with this one. Some were textured, some were smooth. If you can't find a second matching one of this style, just remember that NOBODY can see both sides of the truck at the same time.
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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 10:34 AM
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Tom, it sounds like a great offer, though I'm tied up today and tomorrow.

Let me go to work on, did you say three, humorous entries? Sounds like fun.

Thanks for your response.

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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 11:05 AM
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Note the style difference on the textured blank area between the letter and number. For some reason some plants used a different design for the F3, that is how I ended up with this one. Some were textured, some were smooth.
What you're seeing there is the difference between the cast pot metal version and the stamped stainless emblem. It's my experience that the earlier trucks used the cast style and the stainless version came later.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 09:44 PM
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At least you guys got stainless eventually. The '56 emblems are pot metal once again and are always pitted, but then again F100's are reproduced.
 
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