Does the water collect or drain from 1971 header panel emblem area?

[Dibbons]

Title question is self-explanatory (I think).

 

[dangina]

I've always wondered this myself, although with all the satellites and roadrunners I've seen in farm fields, ect. over the years, I've never seen rust in that emblem area...

 

[Mr Gorsky]

It drains.

I know this because the sheet metal nut that was holding my emblem on was rusty as all hell!

 

[Dibbons]

That's interesting, because I see some 1971 emblems for sale have a gasket, which one would assume would help retain the water. I don't know if the 1972 emblems use a gasket or not. But as Dangina said, we don't see any rust throughs.

 

[tommyg29]

Much like the callout hoods. Those pockets hold a lot of water, but it usually disappears pretty quickly.

 

[wahya]

I don't think they actually thought about the possibility that water might pool somewhere and cause rust.

 

[tommyg29]

Much like the callout hoods. Those pockets hold a lot of water, but it usually disappears pretty quickly.

 

[jimt1971rr]

I have found that it only holds about a table spoon or so. Mainly because it has a downward slope so it only pools a little water at the front.

 

[jimt1971rr]