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nautha
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 Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:01 pm Post subject: Mysterious "1500" emblem... |
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Hi everybody,
please, can someone help me identify the year for this 1500 emblem?
I have seen that it is not the same as the early 1500 emblems...the number five on mine is not the typical "big" as in the early badges...
I am pretty sure this is a N.O.S. part and not a repop.
Thanks!
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: Mysterious "1500" emblem... |
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| nautha wrote: |
Hi everybody,
please, can someone help me identify the year for this 1500 emblem?
I have seen that it is not the same as the early 1500 emblems...the number five on mine is not the typical "big" as in the early badges...
I am pretty sure this is a N.O.S. part and not a repop.
Thanks!
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Is there a part number on the back?
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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It looks familiar, but I don't think its VW. 
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Isn't that a FIAT badge?
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nautha
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:58 am Post subject: |
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| vwfye wrote: |
| Isn't that a FIAT badge? |
I don't think so...  |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| vwfye wrote: |
| Isn't that a FIAT badge? |
That was my first thought too.  But I couldn't find any pics to confirm.
But I'm sure I've seen that somewhere, but not on a VW. I've never seen a VW 1500 emblem where the bar gets fatter in the middle.
But what do I know. 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| nautha wrote: |
| vwfye wrote: |
| Isn't that a FIAT badge? |
I don't think so... |
No, it's not a Fiat badge.
Again- any part numbers or markings on it?
So far I'm sure it's not BMW, Opel, Borgward, Lada, Datsun, Volvo, Triumph, Austin, MG, Audi, or European Ford.
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nautha
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| Tram wrote: |
| nautha wrote: |
| vwfye wrote: |
| Isn't that a FIAT badge? |
I don't think so... |
No, it's not a Fiat badge.
Again- any part numbers or markings on it?
So far I'm sure it's not BMW, Opel, Borgward, Lada, Datsun, Volvo, Triumph, Austin, MG, Audi, or European Ford. |
Still have to check for the part# of course..  |
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| no VW. The 1 doesnt match, it points down like a Porsche |
Not a Porsche either...
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the dual taper underline is the key. Tram, wasn't the rear engine BMW a 1500?
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I saw this same exact badge listed for sale on eBay out of Italy (I think) about 2 years ago. The seller showed the early 'correct large 1500' badge that we all recognise in the advert and this 'wrong 1500' is what turned up.
I promptly returned all of them to the seller (think I purchased about 10 of them) and got a refund.
Not sure what they are either but the seller of those almost refused to believe they were not the large 1500 badge and was misrepresenting them in his advert. Beware.
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Aaron, did you see any part numbers from anyone on them?
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| wasn't the rear engine BMW a 1500 |
No, the 1500 was the boxy sedan (notchback) with a conventional front engine. The rear engined vintage BMW was either a 600 ("big" Isetta) or a 700, which was also a small notchback.
Here's a good shot of the rear of the 1500 showing its emblem, which is not like that from the OP-
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nautha
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| I do not recall there being any part numbers or identifiers on the rear of the badge. |
Nope, there isn.t any part number on the back of this mine... |
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I can't get a super clear pic of the badge on Google, but Simca looks like a real possibility.
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| I can't get a super clear pic of the badge on Google, but Simca looks like a real possibility. |
I don't think so. Of course, like the Type 3, they may have changed the badge style.
From this page: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/badge,simca/Timeline
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nautha
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| I can't get a super clear pic of the badge on Google, but Simca looks like a real possibility. |
I don't think so. Of course, like the Type 3, they may have changed the badge style.
From this page: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/badge,simca/Timeline
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