'56 Belvedere hood emblem, paint

[Tony D.]

I checked the pot metal piece on my friend's '56 Fury, the stick figures are chrome and each side has paint surrounding the figures exactly as you mentioned in your original post. 
Tony

[Tony D.]

Dick,
I believe that the figures are not painted, just the background.  I'll see a piece like yours on Wednesday when I visit a friend with a 56 fury.  I'll let you know for sure then.
Tony

[dickf1976]

I have restored a '56 Belvedere, which has an emblem at the center of the front "lip" of the hood. The emblem is chrome-plated, contains a protruding image of a sailing ship (a la Plymouth rock) and the passenger side of it contains an area painted white; the driver's side area is painted black. Within both painted areas is a stick-figure, kneeling and holding something. I have removed the old, faded paint, and will prime and spray-paint it. Q - On the original emblem, were the stick figures painted, OR not covered with paint. Dick Friedman;