Orange hood crest emblem identification

[210bhp]

Thanks very much for posting those pictures Alan, they are a tremendous help if you can guarantee 100% original March 1969 build.

Much appreciated

Regards
Mike

[lopena]

Mike:

I wasn’t at the factory on March 19, 1969, but I’m pretty sure that’s the original hood badge they installed.

Alan

[LiveFromNY]

You may not wish to, but it would help a lot John if you had pictures of both the front and back of these three different badges on your very low mileage cars. No worries if you can’t.

Added to my to-do list!

[70SATMan]

My 1/70 S badge is smooth back.

[caproader]

So do I understand correctly that 74 was the last model year for the orange bar crest?

caproader

[LiveFromNY]

So do I understand correctly that 74 was the last model year for the orange bar crest?

caproader

Yes. That's correct.

[210bhp]

Early 75MY I think.

Regards
Mike

[LiveFromNY]

Early 75MY I think.

Regards
Mike

That would be an anomaly (IMHO). I have two '75 cars. Both one owner, original paint cars and both among the first 100 cars produced (#19 and #61 if memory serves me). BOTH have the red bar, 75-77 transitional badge.

Of course, we all know that Porsche often used whatever was leftover and sitting on the shelf so that doesn't mean it's impossible for a '75 car to have been delivered with an orange badge just that, in my opinion (for whatever that's worth), it wasn't the norm.