[ruby911]

The muriatic acid idea worked great. As esample said, just hovered my badge over a puddle of acid and covered with a blanket. It took about 30-45 minutes, but it did exactly what I was looking to do, which was knock the 'new' off of the badge. I have bought a couple of badges over the last couple of years and in both cases, I fealt they were too 'gold' looking out of the box. the acid method basically removed the gold, much like years of driving and washing would have done. Thanks for the idea.

By the way, I have a later model hood crest with red bars and 901 part # for sale if anyone is interested - $50.