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adias 08-11-2019 01:32 PM

How to attach plaque to engine grill?
 
What is the easy way to attach a commemorative circular plaque to the engine grill of a Carrera? Easily without removing the AC condenser?

Can the grill be detached from the outside? If not, is a speed-nut solution inserted through the grill honeycomb openings be a way to bolt on the plaque?

I see people driving around with such plaques (PCA, 70-year) but will affixing a round 4" plaque obstruct the airflow to be a concern?

adias 08-12-2019 05:47 PM

No ideas?

walt 08-12-2019 05:52 PM

I wound up dropping the condenser coil a few inches and using some screws with fender washers on the underside. I guess you could use some type of adhesive if you don't plan to ever remove it.

RedCoupe 08-12-2019 07:25 PM

I don't think that one grill badge is going to impede cooling, but if you had lots of badges you were putting all over the grill, that might cause a problem. I put one badge on my 86, and it mounts with two all-thread studs, approx#4 size. My main concern was not having to drop the AC condensor, which I did, but the prospect of having one of those small nuts or studs vibrate off and fall in the fan or elsewhere. So, I used red locktite on both the studs threading into the badge and on the nuts themselves. The studs are small enough that I could cut them off if I need to to remove it in the futur

wrxnofx 08-12-2019 07:34 PM

Drop the condenser a couple inches, which is easy to do. I used some button screws and a length of a zinc plated bracket and some nylon insert lock nuts.

adias 08-13-2019 08:51 AM

Thanks all!

jlex 08-13-2019 12:04 PM

Don't make a big project out of it... I attached a badge to my '88 using a bit of clear silicone caulk. Should be easy to remove if I ever needed to.


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