Glove Box Door V-8 Emblems - 1957 and 1958 Fords

[alt63bird]

A post in the Vintage Thunderbird Club International's 1955-1957 Thunderbird forum has spurred me to try and determine if more than one glovebox door emblem for V-8-equipped 1957s and 1958 Ford full-size cars were used. A picture of a "Thunderbird Special" emblem with a T-bird "Vee-bird" and a script 'Special' superimposed over its bottom appears to be B7A 7004407-C for designation of the 4-barrel-245 hp "D"-code 312 cu.in engine. I'm trying to determine if similar emblems were issued for the "E"-code 270-hp 2-4v "Thunderbird Super" V-8 and "F"-code 300 hp 4v-supercharged "Thunderbird Supercharged" V-8. I did not find listings in parts catalogs from 1957 and 1959 Master Parts Catalogs and annual parts catalogs other than the B7A 7004407-C for 1957 V-8s.

Likewise, I'm trying to figure out if, for 1958, a glovebox door emblem other than the "Interceptor Special" V8 emblem for "H"-code 4-barrel 300 hp 352 cu.in. engines, B8A 7004407-A, was used. I want to remember seeing a similar emblem with only 'Interceptor' above the '8' and between the 'V' on an "Interceptor" 332 cu.in. 2-barrel 240 hp equipped '58 Custom 300 Tudor (I don't think it was a 332 cu.in. "Interceptor Special" "G"-code 265 hp 4-barrel) that I frequently saw in college in the mid-1980s, but there's not part number or description for one in period annual and master parts catalogs for '58 other than the B8A 7004407-A "Interceptor Special" emblem.

[russonator]

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Discussed in pretty good depth in this thread:
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350518
My post there shows all the glovebox emblems originally intended for 57 Fords. The idea was abandoned early on, with the result that only '57 cars assembled by October of 1956 wound up getting these emblems. The '58 Ford emblems are also mentioned in the same thread.