Hood crest placement Options

[Tonyooc]

Santa brought me a hood crest is there a template out there on an exact location?

[Ansbacher]

Ferry Porsche came to me in a dream and told me his only one regret in life was not putting a hood crest on the 914. So I'm keeping mine on.

Ansbacher (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[bbrock]

Ferry Porsche came to me in a dream and told me his only one regret in life was not putting a hood crest on the 914. So I'm keeping mine on.

Ansbacher (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I think I heard this was also the dying wish of Ferdinand Piëch (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I like the look of them placed so the bottom point of the crest intersects with a line drawn between the upper inner points of the headlight blinders. I believe that is about 4-3/4" up from the front point of the hood so just a scotch lower but put it where you like it.

For me, the badge thing is an interesting intersection of the NARP history. After reading the earlier mentioned book, it became clear to me that all of the injustices our cars have suffered over the years came from the dysfunctional marketing partnership between VW and Porsche rather than anything to do with engineering and design. I always embraced the dual VW-Porsche heritage but in reality, the 914 really is a Porsche. It was designed and engineered as a Porsche in fulfillment of Piëch's vision of what a true sports car should be. VW contribution to engineering was mostly to bring down costs and the Porsche design team rebelling where necessary like when VW wanted drum brakes at the rear to cut costs. When people say, "Porsche in name only," they really have it backwards.

The fact that the Porsche team had agreed to badge the car with a crest gives me a different perspective. I think the cars generally look better aesthetically with the crest but they also deserve it. At the same time, I love the red-headed stepchild NARP heritage and without it, I may never have been able to afford one.

I personally think badge or no badge honors the model equally so am agnostic. I do agree with not drilling the hood though. 3M Trim Tape will work just as well without molesting the car.