SC badge delete!
 

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That took care of that POS silver badge in 70s fonts. Now the only shiny pieces of metal on the car are the rims of the Fuechse! What do you think? People still know this is a 911? ;)

Cheers,

George

Great job, George! Looks clean and sweeeeet. Very nicely done!

I have no badges on my car and love it, If they dont know its a Porsche, then they dont need to know, Kevin

It looks like you did a nice job on the covering up of the holes for the badge. You have talent with body work and paint.

I myself on the other hand do like the 911SC badge on my car and plan to put it back on after finishing the paint.

That's what is nice about these cars they are very recognizable with or without the badge.

Thanks for the compliments guys. I only did the welding and some coarse primer and prep work. Final prep and paint were done professionally. This color (winered metallic) is hell to match, I'd never even attempt it. The lid needed paint, so I figured I'd badge-delete it while I am at it. I am glad I did. One can always glue the badge back on like it should have been attached in the first place!

Cheers, George

All these badges on the rear of our vehicles is somewhat unique to the US market. When in Germany (Europe, for that matter) only about 50% of the cars have badges on the rear stating their model. As a Californina boy and a car nut, when I'm there it sometimes confuses me as to exactly what model a car really is. Particularly for Mercedes and BMW - same chasis/body style can actually be one of several models depending on engine, drivetrain, etc. However, a 911 is always a 911. :)

unless it's a 912

Very slick! Nice!

You are correct. In Germany the folks that buy the biggest chassis and put the puny engine in it usually get a badge delete. While I was living in Germany, you could get funny things, like a 5 series BMW with a 1.8l four banger!!! To Germans cars are very much about image. Many people rather have the more expensive model and save on the drivetrain than getting a well equipped model one step down in the model line. The fuel cost and insurance / tax depend much on ccm too, which helps this trend. So, you go the 5 series instead of the 3 series and you just hide the fact that you have a four banger in it by getting it badge-delete! Some of those weird starving engine options aren't even available in the US!

One more reason for badge deletes in Germany is the fact that many folks don't want to disclose what's under the hood the other way around. They want sleepers. Often these are small business people that don't want to give their customers the impression that they finance the business owner's high $ overpowered rides. MB and BMW are perfect for this. They can look pretty boring, since they are common cars there but they can be lots of $ and have some serious performance under the hood.

George

Brian:

Yeah, the muffler gives it away most the time. We gearheads aren't fooled easily. The trick really only works on the mechanically illiterate stooopid neighbors. Why would you want to impress those anyway?

George

I think it's a badge of Honor and not a POS and wouldn't want my 911SC to be confused with other year models. JMO :)

Why are some SC badges silver, and some are black? Most I have seen are black, but mine is silver. I though my car might be different since it is a RoW car, but I have seen some US cars with the silver one. Any ideas?

I replaced my decklid when I put a tail on a couple of years ago. The SC babge never made it back on the car. I like the way it looks.

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"

Another big determinant of badge removal in Germany was, at least initially, the power of the Green Party. It became an anti-social statement to carry around a V12 badge when so many people were environmentally concerned.

stephan

When I was in college, I worked at a lab that did EPA certifications of gray market cars. We used to get all kinds of big chassis Mercedes S class cars with 6 cylinder, 280 engines, some kind of scratchy mohair interior, no power windows or door locks and no badges on the rear.

One of the Houston importers had a batch of 1000SEL badges made up that he would stick on his short wheelbase, 6 cylinder cars. What a hoot.

Regards,

Jerry Kroeger

Looks good! Nice and clean. A guy here at work drives a debadged M5. But it would be hard to mistake it for anything else.

I just thought it had to do with the color of the car. Light car = dark badge. Mine is dark car, hence, silver badge. Is that not the case? Anyone have a dark car with an original dark badge.

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70's font....that's funny. I never thought of that, but I;ll have to say I like the font. It is distinctive. That wine red is an awesome color...

Yeah, I got rid of that silver SC badge on mine too! :)

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I was in Scandanavia over the summer. I saw things that shocked me:

- Mercedes Benzs with cloth (!) interiors and roll up windows - used as taxis!!!
- MBs and other non-SUVs pulling boat trailers (with boat).

I have heard that when people buy MBs over there, friends give them a hard time about getting rides to the airport.

Blasphemy...

Did you weld up the holes from the hood crest too? Hmmm?
Was "that" ok? Not too 70's I hope...
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