Nice work @Sacto Mitch, I hadn't thought of deepening the red to a burgundy - liking that one a lot.
A tremendously insightful and humorous musing from Stan, I love it! Looks like this weekend the Dremel gets a workout. Don't feel like playing with enamel so I'll probably use a dyed resin for the infill. Something else for the shopping list!
Either black or a dark burgundy it will be.......but now that green is looking pretty nice.
@Michael Pickett posted:Good job, Mitch. I like all of your options, except for the brown, a little better than the bright red. I'd probably go, red, blue, green as my order of preference.
I like them too. That badge would be pretty nice in any color.
The last badge I remember is the one Rich commissioned - I call it the Ying/Yang grill badge. Think there were 100 enameled one and 6 (12?) un-painted proofs. I was fortunate enough to get a gold (brass alloy?) one. Here's painted one -
Below is one that preceded it (lower one)-
I've not seen in person the 2006 Carlisle one - only 52 produced -
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I'm in Florida so I bought a FOG grill badge (I too am often in a fog). Was $39 and they didn't ask for proof of ownership of a real 356 (now out of stock).
Greg, when was the last time you were at Carlisle? I've had the 2006 Gordon Nichols badge on since 2007.
@WOLFGANG posted:The last badge I remember is the one Rich commissioned - I call it the Ying/Yang grill badge. Think there were 100 enameled one and 6 (12?) un-painted proofs. I was fortunate enough to get a gold (brass alloy?) one. Here's painted one -
Best Grill Badges | SpeedsterOwners.com - 356 Speedsters, 550 Spyders, Replicas and more
Thanks for sharing the link, Greg. Us newcomers don't know the deep history on this board even if we're aware of the many, many, other things that are deep here. I like Rich's badge, too.
Started attending 2008 and last time was 2-3 years (?) ago with my brother in his white Boxster. Just don't recall seeing one.
I did have Mule Sticker print off some of the PCCA ones - they are just vinyl stickers though. It looks like it would make a great grill badge.
I don’t care what color I get, I just want one. Great job you guys. I love em!
Looking at all the amazing work you guys can do makes me feel so inadequate.🥺
I have the Welcome to the Madness badge, and just now can't remember where I got it. Maybe @Cory Drake gave it to me. anyway, it suits me just fine. As to the James Dean drive/die philosophy badge, I'd try to unload it to someone who would pay good money for it. Then figure out which other badge suits your mojo.
What I would enjoy is one of the Plastic Clown Cars of America, at least I think that is what I saw once. Somebody made up some windshield stickers a while back, I think, and I missed the boat there. Done up as a perfect riff on the actual PCA badge. Whatever happened to that?
Wow….. Did I do those Carlisle badges 15 years ago? That was a very international effort. Artwork from Mike Cochrane in Canada, tooling design for the badge from Scotland, fab and assembly in Taiwan and coordination from Wisconsin (and I was living in South Carolina and Rhode Island). Didn’t have any hiccups in the process and everyone who ordered one got one. I think they were around $30 each in the four-color version - a Super Deal if there ever was one and yes, only 52 were made. They’ve held up well, too.
... and the larger question of all the Porsche insignia. I think this question confounds or troubles a few. For me, I have no problem with the scripts and badges that were part of the original. I do go for the authentic look for the car. And I paid the top dollar for the real Porsche scripts, applied where they are supposed to go. That said, when it comes to grill badges, I think one wanders off of the trail a bit, and into the personal. On an original car, or really any car, I think of a badge as being about where you may have been, or where the car itself might have once been. Or your affiliation with an aftermarket club sort of thing. So a badge for me is: I have this cool car and I belong to an even cooler club. So I'm down with that. Hence the spoof on plastic clown car club, or SOC, welcome to the madness. That's the club I'm proud to be in.
I lost the 2006 badge that we put on my Speedster during the build when I sold the car, but I still have the one on the plaque Gordon gave at the dinner. I also have one of Rich’s badges that I intend to put on the coupe. They’re yet another reason why this group is so special.
Geez…. I had forgotten I put a badge on the plaque. Just shows that grill badges can be used in inspired ways!
@Stan Galat posted:Wait, what?!?
We're a bunch of imaginary interweb friends, talking every single day about overgrown Little Tykes Cozie Coupes propelled by lawn and garden equipment engines. The only people who care about us is us....
As such, there's really no "historic memorabilia", no certificates of inauthenticity, ...
Well, few. Not "none."
Can't imagine they'd have a problem with me posting a document saying my car is Not A Porsche. It's just a page to go in the build folder.
