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pl8ster
July 19th, 2015, 10:22 AM
So belated but public thanks to TSG for sending along the Jag badges for my collection. Figured as long as I was taking a 'thank you' pic of the import badges, I'd rearrange them a bit to get a better picture, and also got pics of the domestic badges. As I noted before, no points for presentation as these are kept in my basement. If you think you might see mouse shit in some of the pictures, you're probably right.
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thesameguy
July 19th, 2015, 11:08 AM
That is totally impressive. I will keep my eyes out for weird ones next time I'm at a junkyard!

speedpimp
July 19th, 2015, 02:23 PM
Nice.

pl8ster
July 19th, 2015, 06:00 PM
I have several favorites, but the CLUB and 12TRS badges are definitely the most esoteric - the only Oltcit car I've ever seen in my life was the one I saw in a western Maine junkyard that those badges came from.

I must have a few badges hanging out in the garage, because I know I've at least got a gold "SPECIAL" badge from the Integra somewhere :D

Phil_SS
July 20th, 2015, 12:39 PM
Gotta be an interesting story of how that ended up in a Maine Junkyard.

Unfortunately, a lot of the great badges from probably the early 70's and before have long been picked through or sold to restorers.

thesameguy
July 20th, 2015, 06:29 PM
I think they were sold in Canada, so not too unlikely one would end up in the northeast. A friend of mine got a Daihatsu Charade Turbo that way. ;)

Leon
July 20th, 2015, 11:00 PM
Badgers?

Drachen596
July 20th, 2015, 11:48 PM
i see it now... he likes to collect all the outside car bits. plates, badges. maybe even the door handles and hood ornaments?

pl8ster
July 21st, 2015, 04:10 AM
It should come as no surprise that I started collecting badges on the sly when visiting junkyards and coming up short (or empty-handed) with regard to license plates. At first, I was like, "well, that panel is already damaged anyway, might as well lift the badge." But as time went on, and I got more of them, I stopped using that criterion :D

Karma's a bitch, though: just after I got my Integra and had dropped it off at the mechanic's for a thorough inspection, someone lifted the "SPECIAL" badge off the back. I got a replacement but never got around to putting it on, and kept it when I sold the car...just need to find it.

speedpimp
July 24th, 2015, 03:31 PM
Badgers?

We don' need no stinkin' badgers!

pl8ster
August 3rd, 2015, 08:13 AM
Found a couple more hiding in the plate cabinet in the garage.

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