I'm testing the waters based on this thread thread to see if there is enough interest in a custom Mercedesshop.com grille badge to warrant a group purchase. In the referenced thread, prices mentioned being in the 'high teen's' depending on the design and if we could put together an order of 50+.

When we figure out a design and get a price, I'll order 4 right off the bat plus, I would be willing to manage this endeavour.

Here are some samples of custom grille badges.

C'mon gang, whaddya ya think?

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I like the idea. Lets get started on design ideas.
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I'd certainly buy 2 of them. Of course we need to make sure that we get Mercedessops permission if we want to use their name.

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'84 300CD Turbo 132k (Anthracite Grey) - WVO - My daily driver - Recently named coo-coo-coupe by my daughter.
'84 300D Turbo 240k (Anthracite Grey) - Garage Queen
'83 300D Turbo 220k (Orient Red) - WVO - Wifes daily driver

I'm not a certified mechanic, but I did stay at a HolidayInn Express last night.

how about the mb star and the word shop above the lower triangle?

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[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

Same for me.

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1985 300-D turbo
1959 Harley Panhead chopper
1929 Ford coupe restored
I hang out with Boneheaddoctor at Schuman Automotive OBK#5
All liberals are mattoids but not all mattoids are liberal.

I'm still waiting for those MercedesShop fender covers...

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

I'd prefer a window cling, saving my grill for mileage badges. Otherwise, I could see myself getting hooked on adding more badges
Are there any more of the window clings?
If no chance on the window cling, then I'd certainly pony up for one grill badge if under $20.
This place is like a second home.

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85' 300D No inspection, No registration fees, Cheap insurance
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

Just a thought but when I had my first business I went to the local art school and spoke to a couple of instructors who happily put this in front of their classes as a project to work on.

I ended up using the logo they created in my business and gave them a $100.00.

For this badge though I would think the bragging rights to having a badge that you designed all over the country on a bunch of Mercedes might be a pretty good incentive. As long as you make it clear that in the end none might be used and that the final decision is up to the members of the forum (good cop, bad cop) then you comeout a winner no matter what.

p.s. I'm in for a couple myself...

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'99 S420 - Mommies
'72 280SE 4.5 - looking to breathe life into it
'84 300SD Grey - Sold
'85 300SD Silver - Sold
'78 Ski Nautique

I'm not too worried about coming up with a design or producing the art. I'm OK at that sort of thing.

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Hey Super count me in for three badges. Will someone take on this project? I would be really awesome if we can get the website's permission to do this and pull it off successfully.

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1999 Mercedes-Benz S600, 103K miles - garage queen
1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver

My quicky count says we are up to 22 badges!

I'm definately down. Thanks for grabbing the bull by the horns, Leo.

Now here's the big question.... Do we make them MercedesShop specific? Or diesel specific? I suppose just mercedes shop specific, so we could all use them, but it would be tempting to have it be diesel-specific.

My vision is of the mercedes shop 'wrench logo' (reworked so it looks nicer, but same basic concept) in a big circle. Over the top it could say "Do it right" and along the bottom it could say, "Do it yourself". Or something else that celebrates the DIY spirit.

I'd be happy to make a few mockup designs, but it sounds like leo has some big tools of his own. I'll see what I can do.

Peace,
sam

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1982 300TD Astral Silver w/ 250k (BIO BNZ)
2001 Aprilia SR50 Corsa Red w/ 5.5k (>100 MPG)

How about the wrench & star, with "Diesel" above, and "Discussion" below?

Surely it would not take too much to make another order without the words for the open forum crowd, et al.

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1985 300CD 199,000 and still rolling

I'd buy at least 2, maybe 3!!

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"U gotta keep 'em separated!!"

Put me down for one...................

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1984 300D Turbo 290,000 Miles
1999 Volvo V70 GLT

I was looking at that site, and I saw the Adenauer badge. With its oval shape, it could accomodate the entire mbshop logo and leave room for an area dedicated to specific forums (Diesel/SL/HiPo/et al).
What do y'all think?

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D