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Old 12-30-2004, 06:17 PM
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Default Group Buy, custom keyhead - Initial interest check

I have in mind a replacement keyhead for Porsches that is made of two genuine Porsche 356 hood badges back-to-back. I made plastic copies of the hood badges to make the clay mock-up in the pic below:



I know that looks like crap, but there are clearance issues with the recessed ignition cylinder on the 928 and I wanted to be sure it would work, and I'm not ready to chop up the real hood badges yet. The design is evolving toward a titanium keyhead that is 2-3mm thinner than my mock-up, and more streamlined near where the tip of the crest meets the key shank. I started a thread in the 928 section on this, and subsequently realized that if I made the keyhead as a replacement for the Porsche lighted keyhead then it could be a single product applicable to most if not all P-cars.

So, now I'm cross-posting this link to see if there is more interest than just the few 928 owners that have expressed interest. Please reply on the thread linked above. If this and other cross-posts can be made sticky that's great, but if not I'll just do my best to keep them bumped for a while.

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Do you work at a sheetmetal shop with an Amada laser? I used to work at a shop and our Amada laser came with the program to run the shark bottle openers. I've still got a bunch of them in a drawer somewhere! I buffed mine out to a polished finish. I used to make stuff like that all of the time.
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Rob,

No, I don't even remember where I picked that up. I've had it for many, many years though... Never used it until I got my hands on a somewhat nicer black shark.



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