i called MAShaw and Getty and both of them wont sell me their ducktail spoilers. does anyone know where i can get one?

 

Why won't they sell them? I was planning on buying a Getty.

 

they both told me they're discontinued.

 

If you're open to a smaller, more sleek interpretation of a Ducktail, I would suggest contacting Misha (Forum sponsor).

 

i love your car but the wing you have might be too subtle for me; do you have any better pics of it besides the ones you have in your album?

 

Besides the side profile in my album, here are (2) 1/4 rear shots. Hope that helps.

 

That's a really nice tail and as you said "smaller, more sleek interpretation".

I wonder if both had to discontinue due to some design infringement of Porsche's ducktail? There's another out there but it's almost $2k from EVS.

 

Thanks gonz

 

Rumor has it that PAG came down hard on the firms who were creating the Sport Classic replicas. Not sure if this is true or not...

Matt

 

thats exactly true.

 

Do you suppose they would come down on someone designing a sealed IMS bearing?

 

Can you really trademark a spoiler design?

 

I don't think so, but for a small company JUST the cost associated with going to court would be enough to make them think twice about picking a fight with a large company with huge resources.

Harley Davidson tried to trademark the sound of their bikes. They took all the Japanese companies to court. I don't know how it ended up though.

Edit:
More famously, Harley-Davidson attempted to register as a trademark the distinctive "chug" of a Harley Davidson motorcycle engine. On 1 February 1994, the company filed its application with the following description: "The mark consists of the exhaust sound of applicant's motorcycles, produced by V-twin, common crankpin motorcycle engines when the goods are in use". Nine of Harley Davidson's competitors filed oppositions against the application, arguing that cruiser-style motorcycles of various brands use the same crankpin V-twin engine which produces the same sound. After six years of litigation, with no end in sight, in early 2000, Harley Davidson withdrew their application


Doesn't make sense really. There are plenty of other "style" spoilers out there. Why hammer on the "duck tails" when there are plenty of GT3 "style" or GT2 "style" products available.

 

thats what i dont understand as well. i see lots of gt3, gt2, and turbo copies but its only the ducktail they're going after.

now i have no clue which wing to get for my car. i really want a ducktail but i dont know how to get one.

 

Porsche does things that are at times baffling, but my guess is that the Ducktail, especially this one that pertains to the very limited Sports Classic 997, is quite exclusive to this model. I guess they want to maintain that exclusivity. In comparison, the GT3 and GT2 are not as exclusive. My uneducated guess.