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I am in the process of tearing down my 59 Panhead for work and am going to get it back to original color skyline blue/birch white. My question is, I have 2 sets of original badges; one set appears to have been stripped and buffed and are plain chrome, and the other set has remnants of red around the arrow, but the letters are black. I have seen them in many photos as having red everywhere, including the lettering. Which is correct? Did it matter what the overall bike color was, or was there only one color scheme for the year?
And does anyone have a color code or insight into the red to be used?

Thanks for any help you can lend.

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thanks for that page of info...still not sure from that whether the letters werre black or red (have seen them both way), although it appears clear that the ball around the arrow was red.

Any suggestions as to the color of that red though? Was it the same as the tin paint?

Thanks for the quick response.

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According to Greg Field the letters and background were both red, but I have no paintnumber.
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::)i also have a 59 pan (i purchased it from my twin brothers estate/he owned this bike for 30 years)ok how do you identify the 59 tank badges /from being original or re-pop
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The harley badges have the word "ACME" on the backside, in raised lettering. They also have a harley part number which I can't remember, but it ends in -59. They're also heavier.
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:) THANKS VPHD for telling me how to identify 59/60 tank badges THANKS AGAIN
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HD part # 61775-59T Set name plates '59-'60
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The -59T badges are not original, but are the Eagle Iron variety.
I think the Eagle Iron line of parts came out in 95, and that's where H-D started offering their own line of re-pop parts.
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Thanks VPHD-

I found them in my nos parts book.....(ooops!!) :-[
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61774-59 and acme-1 I have the original set from my 59 panhead and these are the part numbers and "real deal" numbers from the back side of the emblem
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Mine are original. Right tank acme-61774-59
Left tank 61773-59 acme-2. I can help with paint codes also. If you still need
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I forgot right tank says acme-1
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