Hi Per,
I know the hyphen was lost during BJ7 production. But can`t tell you the reason
why.
My 62 BT7 still has the hyphen in the original badge.
Cheers,
Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/Germany
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Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge
Datum: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:38:58 +0100
Von: Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se>
An: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
HI
Well, I think I have seen both MkIIs and MkIIIs with and without hyphen,
so I'm as curious as anyone to be enlightened as to when the switchover
was made.
I remember someone made a poll a couple of years ago, everyone was to
reply if they had a hyphened or unhyphened badge. Does anyone know what
came out of this investigation?
Best regards, Per
Michael Oritt skrev den 2015-01-29 20:29:
> Per--
>
> Thanks for your reply but I don't think that is it. Certainly at one
> point A-H was correct and somewhere along the way it changed so that all
> later cars lost the hyphen. I simply wonder why and am quite surprised
> that there is not a known explanation.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se
>
> Hi
> I have always thought that the unhyphened badges of, at least, MkIIs
> and MkIIIs, have been aftermarket , but maybe I'm mistaken. I have a
> worned out original badge on my MkII, with a hyphen, and a brand new
> unhyphened badge on the shelf. I hesitate to replace it, for
> origanality sakes. I'm not a 100 percent for originality, I have
> several things on my car that is not original, but I'm serious when
> it comes to badges.
>
> Per
>
> Michael Oritt skrev den 2015-01-29 02:42:
>
> BTW, I still have never heard a credible explanation as to why
> the nose
> badges changed from "Austin-Healey" to "Austin Healey" without the
> hyphen. Someone once posited that a supplier furnished incorrect
> badges
> that were bought at a discount and the rest was history but that
> does
> not seem likley to me.
>
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