SOT: When did the hood badge change? |
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SOT: When did the hood badge change? |
bbrock |
Sep 24 2022, 09:02 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
This might get some knickers in a quibbley but I'm trying to figure out had the 914 design team's vote to badge the car been honored, which badge would have come on my car. Porsche Classics shows the orange badge used through MY 1973 and the red badge beginning in MY 1974, but there is also this graphic showing the switched occurred sometime in '73.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/images.summitmedia-digital.com-20845-1664031721.1.jpg) The best I can tell, the switch might have happened with the introduction of the 911 G-series in MY 1974 but I've had a hard time finding when actual production began. I did find this article saying it started in August, 1973 which might be a good clue. That may be all I need to know, but does anyone have anything to add? |
Superhawk996 |
Sep 26 2022, 10:04 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,469 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Badge - no badge. You can rationalize it anyway you choose but the reality is they shipped without the badge. Ferrari guys rationalize ways to put Ferrari badges on Dino’s too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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bbrock |
Sep 26 2022, 10:44 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Badge - no badge. You can rationalize it anyway you choose but the reality is they shipped without the badge. Ferrari guys rationalize ways to put Ferrari badges on Dino’s too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) They also didn't ship with radios, crested shift knobs, side stripes, or rear reflectors but all were available as accessories from Porsche just like the badge. I'm just curious why we don't get our panties in a wad over those? I'm just trying to figure out the rules. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
wonkipop |
Sep 27 2022, 08:57 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,624 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Badge - no badge. You can rationalize it anyway you choose but the reality is they shipped without the badge. Ferrari guys rationalize ways to put Ferrari badges on Dino’s too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) They also didn't ship with radios, crested shift knobs, side stripes, or rear reflectors but all were available as accessories from Porsche just like the badge. I'm just curious why we don't get our panties in a wad over those? I'm just trying to figure out the rules. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) the eurotrash established the rules in the old world. you bought a 4 you purchased it in VW showroom and got it serviced in VW garage. you bought a 6 and you purchased it from porsche showroom and got porsche to service it. went down like a lead balloon in europe. in the usa you were buying a porsche from porsche/audi and you got porsche audi to service it in their workshops. mind you half the dealers who had a VW dealership also had a porsche audi dealership on the next block...........! thems the rules. its not about a badge. they were already on their way to a conglomerate back then. its just that they had a product in a 914 they could not quite work out how to sell? in the end they were most successful in the USA where they attempted to confuse the least. i'm just going to get a piech badge made for mine and stick it on the bonnet. then there is no confusion. and ....... i don't care, the badge does not interest me, only the thing and the person who willed it into existence. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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