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If we were to go back to the year 1989 and look at brand new Speedsters as delivered from the factory, would ANY have a 911 "Speedster" logo badge as OEM on the engine deck-lid?
To corroborate your answer please respond with
- a reference hyperlink to an authoritative website, or
- a photograph of a well-respected book's answer page and its cover, or
- likewise for factory literature published in 1989.
Anyone have Porsche's Speedster advertising from '89 to share?
In the meantime: think I've uncovered the rarely-seen period-correct logo, pictured here on the license plate & the wall
...but only the 964 badges on all engine lids?
In his book, "Porsche Speedster" published by Berlin Motor Books, RLer Speed-Star (Andreas Gabriel) has many gorgeous photographs of G-models circa 1989 at the factory.
They consistently have bare deck-lids or a Carrera badge, & the 1989 logo in post #16 is on the license plate of one G-model (see back cover photo, below).
'89 Speedsters have plastic emblems on their engine deck-lids that are not standardized in placement: some are higher or lower than others, & the badge is the same as the 964 Speedster's
...or a 'Carrera' badge
If we were to go back to the year 1989 and look at brand new Speedsters as delivered from the factory, would ANY have a 911 "Speedster" logo badge as OEM on the engine deck-lid?
This overachiever combines both badges:
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Notice how variable badge placement is (high, medium, very high, etc.).
As if there's no OEM factory standard, & badges were applied by hand using personal preference as to where the logo should be.
Don't be distracted by chrome rollbars, windshield removal, polished Fuchs, helmet, etc:
Look closely at 'Speedster' font for subtle yet significant difference from every other badge on this thread...
Only '89 I've ever seen wearing a deck-lid emblem of the proper G-model logo in Porsche's correct '89 italic script!
07-18-2015, 02:42 PM
The first letter is the giveaway.
This overachiever combines both badges:
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Custom badge made?
