Age old question: "To Sheild or not to Sheild" Your Opinions

Then, arguably, no Ferrari road car from before 1984 (when the 288 first appeared) would be entitled to carry shields. And I should not have to make any apologies for putting them on my '86.

 

I've got a 3"x5" magnetic shield on the left side of my rear license plate and a 3"x5" oval country-of-origin badge on the right side. With a factory-certified numbers matching vintage car that I brought out of twenty years hibernation and got going again, I think I'm entitled to show off some heritage. The origin badge is a perfect balance--shows some patriotic spirit with USA in 2" block letters and a little flag above while maintaining a period sports car look.

 

And it wasn't until the 90's with the Scaglietti program that they went on the non flagship cars...

 

If the badge isn't original on your car I'd stay w/ magnetics. BTW, I wear a Pollo Rampate when I race.
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Now that's funny.

I say no shields. But I'm from Florida, so I don't know if my vote counts, and if it does, there will be a re-count followed by a law suit.

If you do decide to keep them make them magnetic. Go to Office Depot and they sell wide magnetic tape (one side glue & one side magnetic) Place the decal on the tape and use it as a pattern and cut it with an exacto knife. That way you can put them on or off whenever the mood strikes you. They will stay on the car at speeds over 100 mph.

 

Well, if you want to be distinguished, apply the shields. This way, there is no mistaking your car to the average schmoe...But this aspect is for you and how you feel. Secondly, use the magnetic....You can always remove them to keep the car factory. Finally, who cares. Even though they came on specific cars, if they look good to you, apply the real ones. In the end, it is a Ferrari.

 

I testfitted them as soon as the paint was dry enough:
http://home.tiscali.nl/308gto/267.jpg.htm
(try to guess what car it is before you click "next")

 

Well, that certainly looks like fun.

 

For once I am in agreement with NNO...you already have modded your car with 360 wheels, so what do you care what the purists think? Go for it, and don't look back.

Dave
PS: But I think the original wheels oughta go back on...

 

Why do you guys only think of the modern flashy shields that the factory supplies now? ... which are now a badge (sacreligeous IMO).

They were never a badge but just a sticker ... thus just get the correct sticker and stick the thing on. No need for stupid indentations or any otherwise permanently modifying your car.

Sticker costs bugger all ... if you decide to remove, just buff the sticker off!

Have a look at a P3 Alfa Romeo, or Jim's P3/4 or even Schumachers F1 Ferrari ... no crappy heavy badge, just a sticker!

Pete

 

I would only have shields if they were placed by the factory. Then the fenders would be recessed and it would look correct.

 

It depends on the age of your car. Ferrari only started this recessing bullsh!t recently when they changed the correct form of the shield from a sticker to a fake/flashy/boy racer badge.

Thus a Mondial of this vintage should have a sticker ... because back then the shield meant something ... then Luca McWankwank came along and now we have the Ferrari competion shield being made into a badge and stuck on anything that moves.

Thus what I am trying to say is recessing is WRONG, unless factory done for that model.

Even if I personally ordered a F430 I would not get the wanky shield badges but buy the more correct sticker and stick that on ... after it had done a club race meet ... infact if I bought any Ferrari with the horrible shield badge on it I would remove it ... derecess if necessary and put the correct sticker on it!

The Ferrari racing shield is just the same as the Alfa Romeo clover leaf ... a racing symbol that was either painted on or stuck on as a flush sticker (ie. did not interrupt the airflow, etc.). I can not understand any reason why it has been changed to a cutesy little badge on modern road Ferraris.

Have a look at a 250GTO ... 100% cheap sticker, and no recess ... and it looks so right because of that.

Pete

 

Total poseur mod unless the car is a true vintage race car. Now if you can admit being a poseur - and there's a bit of that in every Ferrari owner, IMO, fine. But it's a higher degree of poseurness, as if the car itself is not distinctive. And I include the badges that come on road cars from Maranello, a sad bow to the consumer who wants them, just like Porsche did when it built the Cayenne.

Since I don't actually race a Ferrari, you won't see a shield on my car

 

Put them on if you really want, but do NOT make them PERMANENT! You might regret it downstream when you get ready to sell it.

 

I have the Jurgen Lewandowski book on the (288) GTO and here I quote from an interview with Fioravanti on the design of the GTO, the GTO was never designed on paper but they just build a prototype on the fly using a stretched 308 chassis, designing the details as they went along:

The most attractive of the remaining details is the enamal badge with the Scuderia Ferrari emblem which adorns the right and lefthand fenders in front of the A-pillar. "But this detail too, despite its importance for Ferrari fans, was never really planned. One day somebody from the company -I forgot who it was- simply said: 'Let's put a proper emblem here, one that isn't just stuck on as an afterthought.' And that was that: the question of the badge was settled."

 

Interesting ... but IMO they look so tacky, but then Italians (through design) are not exactly immune from tackiness .

Just walking around my Alfa Romeo 1750GTV and counting the badges, Alfa Romeo scripts, etc. requires advanced counting skills ... way too many badges, and Ferraris are just the same with prancing horses everwhere (like you do not know it is a Ferrari).

Naming the Enzo the Ferrari Enzo was to me a highly amusing recent tacky step ... what for pete's sack are they going to name the successor? ... surely not the Luca (thus forever placing Luca above Enzo, as surely the next supercar will be an improvement ... thus whatever they name it, will make a folly of the current supercars naming).

Pete

 

I vote yes for the shields, they are a reminder of Ferrari's racing heritage which is at the soul of every ferrari.

 

I agree totally.

So I say YES do it, With a sticker or magnet.

 

It's what you want...what makes you "happy." For a fact, it looks good either way. I have one on my 328. Don't care what others think.

 

Me too. Magnetic works fine, and you can always remove them.

 

I think some cars look great with and some don't, and in my opinion, your Mondial cabrio looks better without them, beautiful car by the way.

Stephane
Scaledetails

 

based on your car and pics-yes. the yellow really contrasts and brings out the red.

 

Here is what the "better" magnetic shield looks like on the car.

Compared with the inferior shields that were on the car when I got it (which were very thin and flat), this one has a bit of thickness with a rounded edge all the way around (which can be seen a bit near the upper left corner) and a high gloss finish.

The result looks surprisingly close to the metal/resin shields which are thicker and much pricier. These were only $10 each and look like they are really part of the car.

 

im a definite NOOB here but i like the shields.