I drive a Demon (and not the other way around)
Progress went slowly, but it did occur. Rear seat was re-upholstered.
and I worked on fixing up an instrument cluster. Had to use a pro to clear up the speedometer.
There is nothing in the chassis and body manual that spoke to me about where precisely the "tape" demon labels are placed. Using some old military photo scaling techniques, I placed the Demons on the front fenders.
Kind of tired now. I leave the reader to ponder how to solve the problem. If I have an actual height for the pitchfork of the letter M above ( dimension Z) it can be solved. You will need a copy of the photo and an engineers' ruler with 1/16 of an inch gradations and a fine tipped writing instrument for measurements. To make a template, a pair of sharp scissors and 3 x 5 card are suggested. Tape can be used only once and is not reversible.
Since no one has added: All I had was a photo of a factory insignia in the original location and a measurement of how tall the pitchfork letter M was. Here is the solution. I used a pair of calipers to determine the actual height of the pitchfork, 2.052 inches, on the photograph it was 2.75 inches. Divide 2.75 by 2.052 to develop the scale. On the photograph, I measured x to be 1 9/16 or 1.5625 and y to be 5 15/16 or 5.9375. Just to check my work, I measured the unlabeled dimension and came up with 3 15/16 or 3.9375. I multiplied these numbers by the scale of the photograph and came up with x being 1 3/16 and y being 1 7/16 inches respectively. I made a another piece of cardboard up to graphically solve the puzzle. I took the piece of cardboard and then drew a line about six inches long an edge. Then I took a pen and stuck it in one end of the line I had drawn. I measured 5 15/16 along the line and stuck a second pin into the small piece of cardboard and stuck it in at that point.
I took the short leg of the right triangle I had drawn on a piece of cardboard and measured 1 9/16 inches. This is where I anchored one of the two pins. Using the anchor pin as a pivot point. Along the longer leg of the right triangle, I drew a line that went to the end of the card. I swung the free leg over the line drawn until the point of the pin was directly over it. I pressed down on the pin hard enough to create a small hole. I drew a line connecting the two dots to complete the triangle. I cut the triangle out and measured the longer leg of the right angle coming up with 5 5/16 inches. I checked my work with the Pythagorean Theorem; I came out very close.
I taped my triangle up on the side of the car. The placed the pointed end of the triangle in the apex of the curve of the character line in the fender. I uncovered the decal and placed the pointed part of the decal immediately against the sharp point of decal. I was struggling with too much, my Parkinson's Disease brought on shakey fingers and hands. You guessed it, I had the point of the pitchfork in the correct location, but had angled the decal. I uttered an epithet and tried to remove it . No such luck.
I had the dimensions right, but not the orientation. I went back to the drawing board and put a pan on top of the triangle. This is the version I used to put the other decal on the door, even with the PD shakes it worked. I put a small notch in the pan where the longest point on the trident goes.
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is a photo of the Mk IIb
Progress went slowly, but it did occur. Rear seat was re-upholstered.
There is nothing in the chassis and body manual that spoke to me about where precisely the "tape" demon labels are placed. Using some old military photo scaling techniques, I placed the Demons on the front fenders.
Kind of tired now. I leave the reader to ponder how to solve the problem. If I have an actual height for the pitchfork of the letter M above ( dimension Z) it can be solved. You will need a copy of the photo and an engineers' ruler with 1/16 of an inch gradations and a fine tipped writing instrument for measurements. To make a template, a pair of sharp scissors and 3 x 5 card are suggested. Tape can be used only once and is not reversible.
Since no one has added: All I had was a photo of a factory insignia in the original location and a measurement of how tall the pitchfork letter M was. Here is the solution. I used a pair of calipers to determine the actual height of the pitchfork, 2.052 inches, on the photograph it was 2.75 inches. Divide 2.75 by 2.052 to develop the scale. On the photograph, I measured x to be 1 9/16 or 1.5625 and y to be 5 15/16 or 5.9375. Just to check my work, I measured the unlabeled dimension and came up with 3 15/16 or 3.9375. I multiplied these numbers by the scale of the photograph and came up with x being 1 3/16 and y being 1 7/16 inches respectively. I made a another piece of cardboard up to graphically solve the puzzle. I took the piece of cardboard and then drew a line about six inches long an edge. Then I took a pen and stuck it in one end of the line I had drawn. I measured 5 15/16 along the line and stuck a second pin into the small piece of cardboard and stuck it in at that point.
I took the short leg of the right triangle I had drawn on a piece of cardboard and measured 1 9/16 inches. This is where I anchored one of the two pins. Using the anchor pin as a pivot point. Along the longer leg of the right triangle, I drew a line that went to the end of the card. I swung the free leg over the line drawn until the point of the pin was directly over it. I pressed down on the pin hard enough to create a small hole. I drew a line connecting the two dots to complete the triangle. I cut the triangle out and measured the longer leg of the right angle coming up with 5 5/16 inches. I checked my work with the Pythagorean Theorem; I came out very close.
I taped my triangle up on the side of the car. The placed the pointed end of the triangle in the apex of the curve of the character line in the fender. I uncovered the decal and placed the pointed part of the decal immediately against the sharp point of decal. I was struggling with too much, my Parkinson's Disease brought on shakey fingers and hands. You guessed it, I had the point of the pitchfork in the correct location, but had angled the decal. I uttered an epithet and tried to remove it . No such luck.
I had the dimensions right, but not the orientation. I went back to the drawing board and put a pan on top of the triangle. This is the version I used to put the other decal on the door, even with the PD shakes it worked. I put a small notch in the pan where the longest point on the trident goes.
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is a photo of the Mk IIb