too funny

I started this long ago

I would buy one but not into the coordination stuff

if anyone has a few badges not mounted on their car, could you take a few pictures of the back of the badges? showing the pins or what ever is used to mount them and a side view. please?

k

QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Feb 5 2006, 09:46 PM)

could you take a few pictures of the back of the badges?

Old Porsche Grill Badge

Back

apart

I just went out to the garage and did a test fit.
The post are in the right place to line up perfectly with the mesh on a 914 engine deck lid.

I would buy one

John,
how are the stud receptacles(don't know what else to call them) attached to the badge?

In other badges I've seen they were just hex nuts welded to the back of the badge blank before it was plated.
Harvey

QUOTE (seanery @ Feb 6 2006, 06:58 AM)

John, how are the stud receptacles attached to the badge?

Securely.




I am not being my usual smart assed self. I don't know and I can't tell. The 2 little pieces appear to be a slightly different color and texture than the badge. There is no excess material around the joint, so I don't think they were welded / soldered. The area around the joint of both the badge and the studs is discolored.

There is not any name or makers mark anywhere on the badge. The small spot on the bottom of the back of the badge is a thin coating that is starting to flake away. The 2 screw studs are not the same length. The ends were crudely cut and the bolts will not come off the top. The little brace / backing bar is aluminum.

Sorry, I don't know what else I can tell you.

QUOTE (seanery @ Sep 5 2004, 04:52 PM)

the grill badges you get from your region or national pca should have a rubber grommet. If not, you can get a whole slew of them for 1.99 at Lowe's/Home Despot. I think that a cool thing would be a CNC machined aluminum badge that is then annodized, then remove the anodizing from the engraved logo and voila!

I like Sean's aluminum idea....

aluminum is light.... mmmmmm....
perhaps we can design one with holes drilled in it also?

brant

I know a guy who can write cnc programs. And turn them out.

Ok. It's me.

Unless someone has the latest version of MC engraver. Then they can do it faster.

I've also got engraving lasers. Cut, annodize, then engrave.

Will take a badge when all is ironed out...

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alpha434 Posted: Feb 6 2006, 11:14 AM   Machinist Group: Members Posts: 451 Member No.: 5280 Joined: 16-December 05 Location: Denver, CO I know a guy who can write cnc programs. And turn them out. Ok. It's me. Unless someone has the latest version of MC engraver. Then they can do it faster. I've also got engraving lasers. Cut, annodize, then engrave.

How are the Combo gauge Kits coming?

Haha. Nice call. Coming along just fine. Awaiting funds to prepay the silkscreener. Expect to see some around next month.



Ha! That'll keep me on my toes.

Wait. I changed my mind. Ummmm.... Status is top secret. I don't want anyone to be asking for some until I've got them in hand.

QUOTE (alpha434 @ Feb 6 2006, 11:39 AM)

Haha. Nice call. Coming along just fine. Awaiting funds to prepay the silkscreener. Expect to see some around next month. Ha! That'll keep me on my toes.

Don't be teasin' us now. We've been watin' on these a long time.

just didnt want ya gettin too many irons in the fire (old guy talk)

QUOTE (sixnotfour @ Feb 6 2006, 11:50 AM)

just didnt want ya gettin too many irons in the fire (old guy talk)

I'm extra good under pressure. Give me more, I'll do more. When I'm in english class learning, well, nothing, I sit around and do, well, nothing. Leads to poor grades and such. On the other hand. When I spend half of class talking on the 914world.com forum, and then have to rush to finish whatever I was supposed to be doing, I do the work better and with a minimal* amount of back talk.

And I'm pretty good with the old guy talk.

I just did a quick google search and came up with tons of hits for grill badges.

http://www.arniebrown.com/badges.htm

These look pretty inexpensive for cloisionne badges. $14.75/each for quantities over 100.

Someone just needs to do the artwork and organize the sale.

Anthony good find. Here's the link cleaned up.

http://www.arniebrown.com/badges.htm

I'll definetly buy when/if these happen.

I sent him an email with this image asking for details and the possibility of mixing color choices...will post the info when it arrives.

Nice Sean...


but can they be drilled with holes and lightened?

Boy, glad I missed the first 3 pages of B.S. Those look great! Way to go Sean!

Sean:
IF YOU GET THAT DESIGN PRODUCED I WHAT TO BE ORDER # 1. DAVE

I think the one on the right side, second one down looks the best

QUOTE (Lou W @ Feb 6 2006, 04:01 PM)

I think the one on the right side, second one down looks the best

Yep.

Me likes the 'classic' badge look

QUOTE (BarberDave @ Feb 6 2006, 03:54 PM)

Sean: IF YOU GET THAT DESIGN PRODUCED I WHAT TO BE ORDER # 1. DAVE

Hey
I started this thread! I should get #1

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Feb 6 2006, 04:41 PM)

Me likes the 'classic' badge look

Dan

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xitspd Posted on Feb 6 2006, 05:45 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Feb 6 2006, 04:41 PM) Me likes the 'classic' badge look   Dan

I'm not sure which one you're talking about.

The round grill badge... classic style. Like the Porsche one a couple pages up. But... that's just me. Talk amongst yourselves.

I wasn't going to say anything but I'd also prefer a more classic, retro looking badge.

I like the original. From the "previous" club. Where's gint. It's on his avatar. But I would take one of those new 914club oval pins...

QUOTE (alpha434 @ Feb 6 2006, 05:08 PM)

I like the original. From the "previous" club. Where's gint. It's on his avatar. But I would take one of those new 914club oval pins...

Well I put this in the other thread so I'll put my 1 cent in here as well. I like the original Porsche crest badge as well but would prefer a better color selection. My suggestion was Orange and silver with black as a 3rd choice. Seems like a pretty simple CNC prgram that could be cut in aluminum or brass,for some serious class, while hangin in the grass castin for the bass,fillin up mah glass, listenin to mamma cass,hope that's not too crass :unsure:Might oughta keep the Porsche off the top though, seeing how they're so lawsuit happy lately How about a big 'ol NARP across the top???

I like the older classic style too. It'd look good with the POC badge I already have on the grill.

Later, Don

How about a Zambezi green background....how much to add the Brazillian flag? HA HA>

Ok. Everyone should start putting up drawings of their ideas, or pictures or whatever. Throw it out there. Maybe we'll get a few different, really good designs out of this.

How about we integrate a pinup girl. Classy look...

The oval looks sharp, but if given a choice I would go for the classic round format. I think some variation on the "original" would look great!

Well jeeze. Now I want a pinup girl. This ones going to be a tough project, especially with one reply in thirty minutes. What we need is some drawings. Who wants to submit one?

Pinup girl on the hood of a 914 with "914 Club" on the side. In kind of a "oldies" art style. Thick lines and such.

Sean, I've also seen belt attachment loops and hooks epoxied to the back of badges to convert them to belt buckles. I think I have one at home, if I can find it this evening I'll post pictures.
Harvey

I have a couple of spare "round-style with cogs" decklid badges, one with the Porsche (Stuttgart) emblem, and one with the classic German eagle design. Both badges are of excellent old-school quality, and both attach to the decklid grille via the usual studs and screw-on rubberized nuts. Both badges say MADE IN SPAIN (all caps) on the back.

I would like to send these decklid badges to any club members who have the time and energy to coordinate the manufacture of 914 Club badges, to serve as a template for measurements and etc. To guarantee good quality, I think we should use a well-known manufacturer who has made such badges for the PCA or a classic-car group.

The design should be something that most club members would be proud to display. We should keep it simple, without a lot of lettering to clutter it up, and without the word Porsche on it. We are known as the 914 Club (not 914world.com or whatever) and we've been known as the 914 Club since day one, so that's what it should say. Anything else is just pandering to the clueless.

Also, we should learn from the unfortunate experience of our club members who've used their own money to fund such things in the past. Ideally, sales of club badges should be through the 914 Club Store, with advance purchase by club members so the initial production run can be as optimal as possible.

Took a while but:

Harvey

i'll buy one, whatever design.

oh, and back in the 70's, i glued a buckle to a cadillac hood ornament.
i kept skewering myself on the points!

what a dork!

sign me up for at least 2 of the round(planning ahead.... )

the ovals are exceptional!! those, i would take 2 of each color. one set for a wall mount, the other set to install on my future car horde!!!

cheers...........

I'm in for at least two, regardless of if we're going retro, or using the oval. I really like both!!!

id be in for one even though i dont even have a teener yet

QUOTE (seanery @ Feb 6 2006, 02:39 PM)

I sent him an email with this image asking for details and the possibility of mixing color choices...will post the info when it arrives.

I've got cash burning a hole in my pocket.