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Just a quick question on hood letter size for a 51 M38. Are they 2" or 3". I bought the 3 " and think I may have made a mistake.

Thanks in advance.

Ken

Just painted mine - read somewhere in a TM that they should be as large as would fit. I had to use 2" to get them to fit in front of the fording block off plate and behind the blackout light. Small photo of my hood at
http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=158461

Sonny is correct. Also note that they are not actually centered on the hood sides but are in fact centered in the available space.

Sonny and Wes,

Thanks for the information. I guess I jumped too quick on the 3" numbers and will need to order the 2" stencils instead.

Thanks again,

Ken

I had a local sign shop make me some out of stick on vinyl tape. Lettering is 2". You just peel the backing off as you place it where you want it and then mask around it so you want get over spray on the OD paint. He told me to use white spray on laquer. Laguer dries pretty fast. And spray a light even coat, let the set for about five minutes and spray another light coat. Repeat the process untill you are satisfied that you have the OD back ground covered good enough. After you finish the last coat, wait about fifteen to twenty minutes and pull the vinyl tape off carefully working it around the lettering.

if not a factory resto 3" is not uncommon

Ken,
3" may not be uncommon but not nearly as common as 2". Also that far over the top of the hood is quite rare. The painter must have been 7 foot tall!

I added some photos of the vinyl tape as I was doing the process of painting them on. My gallery Page 4 & 5.

thats the way mine is marked and was when I got it under 2 layers of paint. so,just an option