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I broke the rear emblem on my 75, and what I see listed for 75's does not look like what I have. Mine is one piece, rather fat letters, and is 8 inches wide with the letters about 1 inch tall.
I don't want to order one to find it is wrong.
Can anyone point me in the direction to get the correct "Corvette" emblem?
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Try Paragon, Zip, Corvette America, Corvette Central, Wilcox, etc.
1973 L-82 4 spd
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73shark said: Try Paragon, Zip, Corvette America, Corvette Central, Wilcox, etc.
I did find one on Corvette Central that looks identical (listed for a 76), but their specs say it is only 6 inches wide; mine is 8 inches. I emailed them to check, but I seldom get responses from any vendor.
If someone has a 76 with this emblem, maybe you could measure it to see if it is actually 8 inches wide.
The link is: https://www.corvettecentral.com/c3-68-82/exterior-trim/emblems/76-rear-bumper-corvette-name-plate-emblem-early-76-293045
Thanks.
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Hmmmm I have a 75, early and it has the individual letters. I wonder when they would have changed it
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Early build '75s did use the individual letters, while later builds used the one-piece emblem. Early '76s used the short(6") emblem, later cars had the 8" emblem.
Paragon Corvette has the 6" version.
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cinor said: Hmmmm I have a 75, early and it has the individual letters. I wonder when they would have changed it
They probably wanted to use up the leftover letters from the '74 model year.
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Adams' Apple said:
Early build '75s did use the individual letters, while later builds used the one-piece emblem. Early '76s used the short(6") emblem, later cars had the 8" emblem.
Paragon Corvette has the 6" version.
Do you know who may have the 8 inch version? That is what I need.
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It's possible your bumper has been changed. Try finding parts for a different year. 75 used two different bumpers, thus the different size letters/configuration.
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Paragon also carries the 8" version. I thought you needed the 6"....my bad. However...the LATE '75 would have used the 6" version originally. NONE of them('75) had the 8" from the factory. 
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Adams' Apple said:
Paragon also carries the 8" version. I thought you needed the 6"....my bad. However...the LATE '75 would have used the 6" version originally. NONE of them('75) had the 8" from the factory.
Thank You! I ordered one.
Question: How do you get to the backside to fasten the nuts? It appears that there is a steel plate about an inch behind where the nuts go, and there is no way I can get my hand back there (the reason I broke the emblem in the first place was I thought it was glued in place and tried to pry it off 
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