Body / Glass: 56 commander parkview wagon trim needed/info

[jackolcott]

My 56 Parkview wagon has an approximately 3/4" hole in the center of the lower tailgate. It looks factory and if it is, I wondered if there is some sort of emblem that belongs there. I am also looking for a nice hood emblem as mine is very faded out.

[Carl Purdy]

There is no hole in my 56 wagon tail gate. If you are talking about the crest SI has re-pops. I think I gave $45 for mine.

[jackolcott]

guess someone drilled it then. I did not see the hood emblem "crest" in the SI catalog so I guess I will look again

[Carl Purdy]

I am pretty sure it is 800585. It is on page 47. But call and make sure.

[jackolcott]

thanks for the info

[jackolcott]

It says "insert only". Does it have some type of bezel it fits in? My car is still in transit so I cant look at it right now.
Jack

[Carl Purdy]

There is a indention in the hood it fits in.

[jackolcott]

Thanks again. I will order one when i place an order for lots of other stuff

[Dwain G.]

When you say 3/4" hole in the 'center' does that mean centered, but near the top? A'57 tailgate would be like that, and I think it will fit a '56.

[jackolcott]

Yes it is perfectly centered near the top of the lower gate.

[Carl Purdy]

The 57 & 58 had a slot at the top of the tail gate for the license plate bracket. But 56 did not.

[StudeDave57]

This is a case where pictures could tell us a really good story.
Is there any chance of that happening?

If not- do tell- is this the tail gate that was on the car, or...?
I suspect that you may have a '57/8 tail gate.




StudeDave '57
Three '57 wagons in my Family

[StudeRich]

I guess someone has changed the size limits on the Forum as was mentioned in this post:

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?70452-Need-help-resizing-pics

Photobucket is so changed and the Forum no longer takes larger Pics, so after an Hour and Half, I give up.

Anyway the answer is I found a '56 Parkview Tailgate Picture on the Car with a Crest Emblem at the top of the lower Tail Gate, so it would take the framed Plastic Crest that can be installed with a Nut on a stud, but a 1/4 in. hole should do it though.

Computer Systems change Daily and sometimes by the minute, just when I get things figured out... you guessed it, they change what is not broken and does NOT need to be changed!

[jackolcott]

56 commander parkview wagon trim needed/info

Rich
Can you e-mail me directly with the picture you found. My address is jackolcott@verizon.net