Hood Badge

[911kiwi]

Richard - you are correct! Sean has moved away from Porsches and follows the JDM (Japanese Domestic market) cars now.

The Genuine Porsche remakes that are available are very nice - the one on the right, with box above.

The difference is that the gold plating is more subdued on the genuine one (better), the stallion is a little fuller (less skinny) and the badge is flatter like the original rather than curved in the horizontal plane, as the modern ones are.
Also you’ll notice that the enamel on the replica on the left is uneven. The genuine badge enamel is perfect.
I patina’ed the replica badge - lay it in a shallow dish with white vinegar (acetic acid) for a few weeks. This dulled/aged the gold finish & the orange bars. It also caused mild oxidation of the back and verdigris around the pins. (Not that you’d see it) Mildly achieved the look I was after, but I wouldn’t dare do it to new genuine badge.

I’ll post a photo of my original 50 year old badge which is on my hood later.

[karlusmagnus]

What he said :-) Thx Richard for the correction

Sean Carnell. 2004/5

Occasionally he sold on eBay

Richard

[ejboyd5]

50+ years of patina.

[Cruisingnkali]

50+ years of patina.

Looks great!

[911kiwi]

Snap - also 50 years of patina. Plus some road grime and dead bugs. Apologies for poor lighting in the garage.

[210bhp]

Here’s an example of the work I do for a patina badge from start to finish, left to right. Unfortunately it’s just a hobby and not a job and I must have two years of work stacked up for UK badges. It’s very time consuming and labour intensive but an original restored badge is much better than one of those new shiny things imho.




Regards
Mike

[dirk07]

49,5 years

[doigthom]

I've already decided what I am doing. But I'd ask why anybody paints a car and then puts a crap badge on it? It's like the guys who paint a 32 Ford in primer. In 1961 I lived it. If you didn't have the bucks you primed your car in gray and left it that way until you worked your part time job in the grocery to raise the money. In the meantime the cops had a field day writing $5.00 tickets because the color didn't match what was on your registration. Sorry. Just an old timer trippin. Just as an aside do you also scratch up your upholstery?

[911kiwi]

“But I'd ask why anybody paints a car and then puts a crap badge on it?”

I guess “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”. My Light Ivory ‘72 got a touch up of its stone-chipped hood. But the patina’ed original badge suited it better than a new shiny one!
On the other hand, on my friend’s ‘67 - freshly restored with beautiful Sand Beige paint - we chose to put a new shiny genuine hood badge on it cos it looks right!

[doigthom]

That's what I'm talking about.