Early Reutter badges

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Garry Haussler
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Early Reutter badges

#1 Post by Garry Haussler »

Need help to find out what year my badge is correct for.
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James Davies
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This is a very rare, 1952-only badge. It straddles the time between split-window and bent-window cars, so around ~April 1952. I don't think it was used long.

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James Davies wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:12 am This is a very rare, 1952-only badge. It straddles the time between split-window and bent-window cars, so around ~April 1952. I don't think it was used long.
I was keeping an eye on this question, as I was interested in the answer. That's a heck of a find!

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#4 Post by Dan Macdonald »

Kent, I'm not surprised.
Garry has a super collection of 356 and early 911 Porsche parts that he has collected over many years.
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I have seen a period photo of it on 11451 invoiced in June 1952, though later cars sometimes have the earlier cloisonné version. It was not used on any 1953 models I have ever seen, which have the later straight painted aluminum badge.
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#6 Post by James Davies »

Brett, yeah, I think they used this for a very short run of cars in mid-1952. By late 1952, they were back to using the cloisonné version. They briefly used a new aluminum version in ~Feb 1953, returned to the cloisonné again, and then finally permanently switched to the new aluminum version by Aug 1953.

FWIW have/had cloisonné version in 1952:

11433
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