SOT: When did the hood badge change? |
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SOT: When did the hood badge change? |
bbrock |
Sep 24 2022, 09:02 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
This might get some knickers in a quibbley but I'm trying to figure out had the 914 design team's vote to badge the car been honored, which badge would have come on my car. Porsche Classics shows the orange badge used through MY 1973 and the red badge beginning in MY 1974, but there is also this graphic showing the switched occurred sometime in '73.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/images.summitmedia-digital.com-20845-1664031721.1.jpg) The best I can tell, the switch might have happened with the introduction of the 911 G-series in MY 1974 but I've had a hard time finding when actual production began. I did find this article saying it started in August, 1973 which might be a good clue. That may be all I need to know, but does anyone have anything to add? |
scottsilvertt |
Sep 25 2022, 10:45 AM
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scottsilvertt Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 17-May 06 From: South East USA Member No.: 6,019 Region Association: South East States |
Enjoying the comments,
You could buy a 911, in 1974, still with orange bars. And then this question, why, in the first place, did 914s leave the factory with no hood badge? Did factory not want them? Did designers not want them? Did they try to make the car less expensive? Who came along and said “no badge”? Any other reason? That seems to be a big decision to not put any mark on the front of a car. They spent $ (marks) to put the Porsche letters across the grill, (mine in 74 were plastic) I wonder if prototypes had a badge? |
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