"disegno di Bertone" badging trivia

[JHertzman@domain.elided]

The "disegno di Bertone" badges in my 1750 GT Veloce and 2000 Berlina parts
books are both listed as quantity, one (per car) and are mounted with three
studs and three speednuts, thus requiring three holes in the fender. Jack
Hagerty asked "Did they reverse it in England and Oz? Was it still on the
passenger's side or the right side?" Neither set of books lists different
fenders for RHD and LHD cars, which would appear to answer Jack and to subvert
Alex Gouras' explanation that "it appears only on the passenger side lower
fender and not at the same location on the drivers side because: The driver
who almost always is the owner too knows who designed the car" unless we
assume that it didn't seem like an important issue to the parent company. The
studs and speednuts also undercut (slightly) Alex' observation of owners
"glueing a similar badge on the drivers side to acheive uniformity", although
they could of course clip the studs or drill the fenders.

Jack Hagerty correctly remarks that "Earlier models had them on both sides"
but doesn't say how much earlier. Everything that I have in company
literature, Fusi, and third-party books suggests that all the stepnose cars -
Giulia Sprint GT, Giulia Sprint GT Veloce, GTA, GTC, GT 1300 Junior- had two,
and all of the smoothnose cars had one on the right side regardless of
driver/passenger location. That does not preclude after-sales adding one or
(my preference) subtracting one from the later cars. 

This does not account for the cars of Wille R (a single-badge 1600) or Les
Singh (a two-badge 2000). Every thread needs at least one loose end-

Cordially,

John H. 
Raleigh, N.C.

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