I received a couple different sets of tank emblems with my basket case and recently purchased some new ones along with the mounting strips from HD. My first question is, which of the emblem styles was OEM for a 56 KHK? Item #1 is a light weight thin sectioned emblem with very thin edges on the back side. Item #2 is heavy (weighs 2X-3X the weight of item #1 and feels like zinc or lead), has thick edges and is thick in general, and is relatively flexible. Item #3 is the recently purchased HD emblem and is light weight and built exactly like item #1.
My next thought regards fitting the emblems to a finished tank. Someone along the way removed the emblem mounts from the tank, so it is bare aside from the remaining dimples on the side of the tank. Placing the new emblems and brackets on the tank and eyeballing the fit suggests this will be a somewhat dicey ordeal to get it all fit up properly given the complex curves.
The tank mounting strips supplied with the emblems are very thin sheet metal backed with industrial grade foam tape, so when attached to the tank, the bracket will sit up off the tank surface slightly due to the foam tape. I was intending to solder them on, but am slightly concerned about their thin nature and how far they’ll be from the emblem. I wish I could see what an original tank looked like with the factory brackets attached. Anybody have a picture of same or any other advice in the matter?