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Sun Nov 30, 2025 12:51 pm

Hi!
Did all the Oval Convertibles have the Karmann badge on the passenger side below the antenna?
If it's missing and the holes for the badge were painted over, there should be one or two holes that can be seen from inside the panel, right?

Thanks!

Sun Nov 30, 2025 1:17 pm

karmann badge, with two Ts for ovals, should be low down on the front right quarter panel. I'm not sure if standard cabrios (as used by police) had the badge but all other cars would have it.

Sun Nov 30, 2025 2:51 pm

Thanks, Finstar,
Beautiful beetle!
From where do you access the badge to bolt it on? Inside the passenger side panel in front of the door?

Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:10 pm

Eaton wrote: Thanks, Finstar,
Beautiful beetle!
From where do you access the badge to bolt it on? Inside the passenger side panel in front of the door?
The badge is screwed to the body using domed head slotted sheet metal screws.
This might help
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...highlight=

Sun Nov 30, 2025 11:37 pm

Thanks for your replay, 56Cabrio,
The Karmann tag is missing on my car. It is likely that the repaint of the car a long time ago covered the two holes for the tag on ths exterior. But shouldn't there be two visible holes on the --inside-- of the panel where the tag should have been?

Thanks!

Mon Dec 01, 2025 8:40 am

might be hard to see the holes from the inside as you have to peer down the gap beside the bonnet hinge and one hole will be obscured by the screen duct pipe.

Mon Dec 01, 2025 11:55 am

56 Cabrio made a good point above: "The badge is screwed to the body using domed head slotted sheet metal screws." I had thought the badge was bolted on and would have required nuts being screwed on inside the panel, but sounds like thr badge was just screwed on from the outside and that was it.
Since the badge is missing on my car and the holes were paintd over, should the two factory screw holes be viewable on th inside with a flashlight?

Mon Dec 01, 2025 1:35 pm

Eaton wrote: 56 Cabrio made a good point above: "The badge is screwed to the body using domed head slotted sheet metal screws." I had thought the badge was bolted on and would have required nuts being screwed on inside the panel, but sounds like thr badge was just screwed on from the outside and that was it.
Since the badge is missing on my car and the holes were paintd over, should the two factory screw holes be viewable on th inside with a flashlight?
It's possible, do you have the vert at home? If not when I get home from work, I'll take a look at mine and tell you what I see.

Mon Dec 01, 2025 7:44 pm

Eaton wrote: 56 Cabrio made a good point above: "The badge is screwed to the body using domed head slotted sheet metal screws." I had thought the badge was bolted on and would have required nuts being screwed on inside the panel, but sounds like thr badge was just screwed on from the outside and that was it.
Since the badge is missing on my car and the holes were paintd over, should the two factory screw holes be viewable on th inside with a flashlight?

You would need a boroscope to see them from the inside as it's too far down in the cavity. I went through this exact scenario on a customers car I was finishing that the body shop filled the holes on. Another cabrio owner was kind enough to measure the exact placement so I could reattach the badge.