Go to an arts supply house, they'll likely have a good assortment of small jars of sign painters enamel or the like. They could help you find a suitable colour, or help you blend to get the right tone.

 

Chem strip out all the old paint. Clean and scrub everything. A scrub with a small brass brush would work good in the rib area. Wash with the lacquer thinner.

 

Mask off the V and the CI block to the edges with GOOD sign painters tape, burnish down those edges. Then hand paint in the ribbed section (better if you could airbrush it). Remove the masking.

Thin the enamel down a bit with Lacquer thinner so it will just flow, support the emblem completely flat, then with a fine brush, dab and flow the paint into the 350, CI, IN and 8 script. Tilt the emblem as required to get full coverage in the script grooves, without too much material climbing up. Don't worry about any small amount coming out onto the edges, it likely will here and there.

 

Take a piece of folded paper towel just damp (not soaked) with lacquer thinner, and wisk any edges or outflows clean.

Ive used Testors before too and worked great.Hobby Lobby still had them if you happen to be down to Washington.

Awesome advice. Will be trying Mark's method first.
The emblems do need a thorough cleaning first.

Thanks Team!!

Ken

Nail polish would work well. Certainly durable enough. That's a great idea!

Actually, the cosmetic girl at Shoppers would be a great resource to help you find the shade you need. And it's likely you'd find something pretty close.

I'll admit, yes, I've looked at some of those cool shades while passing through thinking of car paint ideas.

 

The bonus of this is if the idea fails, it's easy enough to strip it out and start over without any damage to the emblem itself.

Try " One Shot " which is the pinstrippers paint. Many colors available but for how little you use it might be deemed expensive.
Clean thorough as others have described.
Brush on more than you need and then carefully start removing the excess.
A damp rag with reducer on a small straight edge when slowly dragged over the painted area will remove the excess. You don't have to remove everything in one pass. It might appear to smear but the next pass in 5 minutes will still remove it.
Taping and spraying something that small would take a jeweler.

The flow in method works well along with the wipe away. I've done many times. But it's dependent on the viscosity of the paint. Too thin, it climbs up the edges too high and is too transparent. Too thick, it doesn't flow well enough. If you want the paint to pop, flow in some flat white first.

If you could find a DupliColor touch up can or any bright red in a spray bomb with a similar tone, you could simply spray it out into a small container as a liquid. The advantage is the acrylic enamel is fast drying, and would flow well. Go to Canadian tire and snoop around to see what you might find.

 

I bet a Rondex, Carquest, or Sherwin Williams auto paint outlet might be able to mix up up a small container of the colour you need.

Anyone know the colour? It's kind of a Red Orange isn't it? Chinese red?

ALL DONE!!

the hardest part was finding the right paint. I found a Korean/ Asian toy store that carries 3 different types of paints for model planes etc. I chose a acrylic enamel. I took a Canadian flag to match as close as possible, the colour red. $3.50 for the tiny jar of paint.
The brush cost 11 bucks from an art supply store.

A lot of patience, steady hand and POOF, all done.

For 52 year old parts, they sure look pretty good!!