[Spits] Spitfire IV emblems

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In a message dated 5/13/2008 11:56:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sagreenwood at earthlink.net writes:

How can  I safely get the Spitfire IV emblems off the hood and rear fenders 
so that I  can paint the car and then put them back on?
They look like a part cast out  of cheap metal and have two pegs that go 
through the body work and are secured  is some way.From the back these pegs look 
like blind rivets that haven't been  compressed. 


==AM==
What I've done is to get a very small drift and very carefully alternately  
tap on the pegs until the badge is nearly free.
 
Joe's right about the "rattling around" of the pegs; however, the holes  
should have the little plastic "friction bushes" that seem to do a very good job  
of both holding and insulating the pegs. Earlier Triumphs (before the 
mid-1960s)  relied on clips and gobs of sealant on the backside of the pegs, a 
somewhat less  elegant solution that often also was harder to undo.  

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