Model T emblem?

Hey guys, I saw and fell in love with the Tacoma Model T emblem.. how often are these available? They seem extremely rare.

 

not many

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/buy-sell-trade/297033-2013-october-batch-devil-horns-model-t.html

illegal to copy unless allowed. Thats the only place to get em.

 

Yep they're offered twice a year only due to licensing agreements between Andres and Toyota.

 

How is this illegal to copy? Can you not simple alter it a little? Is it copyright? How can toyota tell someone they cant put horns on there emblem?

 

It's a trademark...duh

 

http://www.tacomahq.com/2107/toyota-devil-horns-q-and-a/

I just read that. Seems so weird that Toyota would jump into a little business

 

So if I glue'd 2 little horns to my toyota logo i would be in trouble? duh..... and I altered the "tacoma" sticker to taco. I hope im not going to jail.

 

YOU can do anything you like to a piece of property that you own.

You can't make and sell an item that infringes on the intellectual property of another entity.

 

Bingo

 

Thanks! Thats what I wanted to know. I know lots of shops down here that punch out aluminum emblems all the time. I see alot of people making knock off RBP grilles but for the price of one I dont blame them.

 

What's the story behind this emblem design anyway? It seems like Toyota was going to use it and then decided against it, but I still see it on advertisements and such.


Initially I thought this thread was going to be about this emblem:

 

Could be..OP hasn't responded..

No idea about that emblem..Toyota is know for being inconsistent..so who knows.

 

Far from decided against it.
Variations on that design (the "T" was the same, the background shape changed slightly) were used from 1968 to the 80s.

Around '83 or so, Toyota seemed to start to back away from the individual badges and many vehicles simply had the typed "TOYOTA" badge.

Toyota often used a different logo for different vehicles... the Corona, Corolla, and Celica all had different badges.

The current logo came into use in 1990 and was the first time the same logo was used on all vehicles (not including Lexus) since they dropped the original "Toyoda" and the "Tech" (a misnomer, it is not a 'ch') logos.

Ditto.

I think a couple of guys have used that one on their Satoshi grills, and Quaker replaced the "T" on his tailgate "Tacoma" with that "T"

 

I like mine (second gen tho).

 

I know about the one I posted lol. I should have put a space in between my thoughts lol I was talking about what the deal is with the emblem everyone else was posting lol

 

I like that one a lot.

If I could someone turn the orange parts to the awesomeness of Sunfire Red Pearl, I'd put that on my truck

 

It's not hard to paint cause we rebrightened (is that a word?) up the red on my exes truck lol

 

Ahh.... Ya, they used that in advertising when they started getting serious about an HD Tundra in '05, but it never appeared on a vehicle.

 

Testors enamel works great.

Brush paint the red, carefully clean with a thinner-soaked rag.
Mask off the "T", shoot the rest with satin black, and wipe the top flat surfaces clean.