Well, my 2¢. I’ve had the badges for almost 9 years. First they were glued on and didn’t stay on and looked bad. Then, I did a repaint and replaced the badges with ones drilled through and they look much better.
However, with that being said, if I had to do it all over again, I’d skip the badges.
Whenever someone asks me what it is (usually, what year is it?) I always answer, a replica of a ‘58.
The replica bit sometimes goes in one ear and out the other and people see the car and get joy because they think they’ve seen an original.
When people approach me in a parking lot, I give them the same answer and some give the impression that they’re trying to catch me in a fraud and call me out and are disappointed when they can’t. Others just are shocked and talk about how cool it is.
If I had to do it over again, I’d remove that one hint of acting like a fraud.
I got it because I love the design, love to drive it, wouldn’t spend the money on an original, and enjoy the modern engineering upgrades, NOT because I’m a Porsche snob or want to convince people the car or me are something that we’re not.
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