Grille badges...

[lspencer534]

I like them, but I don't like scratching my grille with them. Here's a new product that allows you mount two badges beside your license plate; you can also mount two more on your rear license plate:



Disclaimer: I have no financial or other interest in this product.

[Fasglas]

Popped immediately to mind...

We don't need no stinking badges! - YouTube

[CertInsaneC5]

I thought this was a cooking thread.

[DAB]

well, you could cook a meal in the engine compartment, so said myth busters.

[Grey Ghost]

Too much bling, and distraction. Keep it clean.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by DAB

well, you could cook a meal in the engine compartment, so said myth busters.

cooking on car engines - YouTube

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by Grey Ghost

Too much bling, and distraction. Keep it clean.

I can see your point, but grille badges are a tradition in Europe and even here on British cars.

[LATB]

At 1st look they look like fog lights. And the USA next to the Union Jack.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

I can see your point, but grille badges are a tradition in Europe and even here on British cars.

Looks good Spence. I happen to like grill badges on classic British cars

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by LATB

At 1st look they look like fog lights. And the USA next to the Union Jack.

Almost all the TR-6s were shipped to the U.S. Out of approx. 96,000 built, only about 8,000 were built for Europe.

[MrPeabody]

Got a question, Spence. Are grille badges popular in Europe as a way of showing what countries the car has travelled to?

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Got a question, Spence. Are grille badges popular in Europe as a way of showing what countries the car has travelled to?

That, and they also represent what car clubs one might belong to, such as RAC (Royal Automobile Club) and events the car owner has gone to, like the 24 Hours of LeMans. They're like the thing that people in the U.S. did in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s by putting on a window decal of every State they had visited, although Europe's tradition of grille badges goes back much further.

Cloisonne badges are works of art: Deep, rich-colored fire-hardened enamel on stainless steel.

[StaticCling]

I only like them on Brit cars for some reason?

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by chinaski

I only like them on Brit cars for some reason?

I think they can also look proper on a vintage Mercedes.