FS: Max Moritz original plakette

[gilbert911]

An original metal plakette 3" dia featuring Max & Moritz
Translation is *i think* 'for a good drive'

Would be good on a 914/6GT, RS, RSR
Asking $100/shipped

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[bfunke]

For Good Driving
VW
Porsche

Kinda says it all!

[Frank Beck]

The dude looks kind of creepy- easpecially the way he's looking at Olive Oil. None the less, a cool piece.
I'll PM for specifics. It would go good with my Morgensen Motors lic plate frame.
Thanks.

[PeterM1965]

Frank, that's Max looking at Moritz. Max und Moritz is very funny story about two very bad boys who play pranks on people. But being a German story published in 1865 they get their comeuppance in the end.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17161...-h/17161-h.htm

[Frank Beck]

Learn something new every day. So what's the correlation to Porsche/VW?
BTW: Raj, the factory didn't drill door handles did they?

[911r67]

I would like to buy it! Please send payment data!

[Carl Bauer]

Learn something new every day. So what's the correlation to Porsche/VW?
BTW: Raj, the factory didn't drill door handles did they?

Frank,

They were Porsche / VW dealer as well.

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[Frank Beck]

Thank you Chris. Looking forward to a good drive.

[bfunke]

I think the MM connection is this. Max und Moritz is a famous story written by German author Wilhelm Busch in 1865. It is a cleverly written, blackly humorous tale of boyhood pranks written entirely in rhyming couplets and beautifully illustrated. The story is beloved and very much part of the culture in German speaking nations. German parents universally read this story to their young children; my German imigrant parents certainly did to me. A certain degree of familiarity with Busch and the tale is presumed throughout the German speaking world and the MM logo depicted above is very familiar.

If I recall correctly Max Moritz was a Porsche enthusiast, dealer and racer in Reutlingen. He built and raced famous 911s, 914s and later 928s. The similarity of his name with that of the bad boy pranksters likely reflected a sense of humor of his parents and certainly made for an ideal application of the famous Busch illustration into the logo. I believe there was some affiliation or sponsorship of his racing group with the Porsche factory. I'm not clear on the exact nature of the relationship but in German the term "unterstuetzung" meaning sponsored is used. Strangely this is translated as "Max Moritz Semiworks" in English versions. Perhaps someone on the forum can further enlighten us.

Bryan

[Frank Beck]

Thanks for the history lesson Bryan. Sounds like our version of Dennis the Menace.