Cars with "Dash Badges"

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 10/07/2014 at 20:14 • Filed to: camry, beige

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Mine is not one. So now it has this on the radio:

Yup. Once I found the little "CE" I had to do it. I had a '95 Neon that said "NEON" in a fake brushed aluminum looking badge on the passenger side. But other than that, no cars I have personally owned have told you from inside what they were exactly.

Anyone have a car that DOES have a "Dash Badge"?

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 20:16

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mine doesn't, but I had a mate who de-badged the rear of his XR6 Turbo and put the badge on his dash.

It was just blue tacked on so I'd remove it every time he drove me somewhere.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 20:19

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The Safari says "Safari SL" where the passenger side airbag would go, if I had one.

Yet the badges on the doors say "Safari XT"

GhostZ > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 20:24

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Not a "Badge" persay, but I've always enjoyed the "Mustang" script on the passenger side of most mustangs:

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 20:28

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1994 Mustang GT says Mustang in stupid AF 90's font on the passenger air bag plastic.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > GhostZ 10/07/2014 at 20:32

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man, they sure went to a lot of trouble to make the interior symmetrical on a car they didn't export to any Left-hand traffic countries.

Takuro Spirit > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/07/2014 at 20:37

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I think they were more concerned with going with the whole New Retro thing by copying the first gen Mustang dash.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 20:44

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myeah that makes sense. The first gen was exported to Australia though.. albeit in very small numbers and converted to RHD in Sydney.

Bandit > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 20:47

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I do (and you should).

Takuro Spirit > Bandit 10/07/2014 at 20:59

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That doesn't count, silly.

Jayhawk Jake > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 21:00

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There's RS emblems everywhere . Not on the Dash though. On the steering wheel, tachometer, seat bottoms, seat backs, and floor mats though. I have a TURBO badge and Clarkson sticker on my dash

Bandit > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 21:03

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Damn.

Vicente Esteve > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 21:43

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500

Tohru > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 22:02

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I don't have one now, but I have had them.

My two Caprice sedans had a "Caprice Classic" badge on the passenger side.
My '92 Oldsmobile had "Custom Cruiser" embossed in the leatherette 'glovebox'.
My two Delta 88's had an "Oldsmobile" badge on the glovebox.

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > Takuro Spirit 10/07/2014 at 23:36

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My 350Z has big capital "Z"'s all over, sides, back, door sills, steering wheel, and I think maybe somewhere in front of the passengers seat

wabbalosthiskey > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/07/2014 at 23:57

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There were a few..About 250 I think, in 2001..

GhostZ > Takuro Spirit 10/08/2014 at 00:06

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Ding ding ding, winner.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > wabbalosthiskey 10/08/2014 at 00:16

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they were converted by a private company Sydney so it doesn't really count.

wabbalosthiskey > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/08/2014 at 01:50

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On a Ford contract....Just like Kar Kraft built Boss 429s, and they seem to count.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Takuro Spirit 10/08/2014 at 07:57

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My S4 has a quattro badge on the passenger side, like most AWD Audi's of the late 90s early 2000s.

No SR20 since I have yet to go collect the car from my parents house. That happens this weekend.

That might make a good post, and I could bring the GoPro along.

Captain of the Enterprise > Takuro Spirit 10/08/2014 at 15:35

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Crown Vic has it on the wood trim on the passenger side, gold lettering that says Crown Victoria Lx

Takuro Spirit > Captain of the Enterprise 10/08/2014 at 15:39

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I almost... ALMOST swapped my P71's dash trim for one out of a cab in the salvage yard I was picking from so I could have fake ugly "wood" and a Crown Victoria script on the side.

Captain of the Enterprise > Takuro Spirit 10/08/2014 at 15:43

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If I really want it to shine I clean it with windex

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Takuro Spirit 10/08/2014 at 17:00

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I spent SO MANY HOURS as a child looking at the chrome script "Satellite" on the dash of our '71.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > wabbalosthiskey 10/08/2014 at 18:49

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not in that the car was designed from the get-go to be converted to RHD.. but after reading into it more, there was substantial work done to the cars in the US before they shipped them over here for Tickford to finish the job.

Despite the dash looking symmetrical in the photos, there's actually more width on the driver side than the passenger side.. so everything from the floorpan up had to be mirrored and the transmission and drivetrain had to be offset to the other side.

so I take back previous assertions that it was a private company.. it was pretty much Ford.

wabbalosthiskey > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/09/2014 at 23:58

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Yep, most (if not all) of the parts used were manufactured in the USA and carry OE numbers. Kind of a weird side thing that happened. For a brief time they wanted to make a sales push and import them, but just not room in the market there I guess. You're exactly right that they aren't really symmetrical like people think they are, funny because most cars are obviously not whereas this one looks like it was built to be.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > wabbalosthiskey 10/10/2014 at 00:15

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it took me 5 years to realise my MR2 had more room on the drivers side.. I finally let someone else drive it.

http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/A_53109/ti…

That's a good link with a quick rundown of the majority of changes. Mustangs have never had the heritage down here, and it was up against a thoroughly good Monaro with a 5.7L