My 74.5 rubber bumper/no catylist, "leaded gas" car had that orange-red
color on the badge when I bought the car in 84. I considered repainting
it, since it looked tatty, and found no other colors under the red.
Bob
On Wed, 03 Sep 1997 07:16:07 -0400 Chris Delling <saschris@flash.net>
writes:
>I seem to recall that a red background was standard on certain years
>of the
>rubber bumper cars, although I don't know which. Victoria British
>shows a
>red background badge that "fits" all rubber bumpers, but it doesn't
>specify
>what year it is appropriate for. According to The Roadster Factory
>catalog, the red background are correct for LE's. Don't have a Moss
>catalog handy. Hope this helps!
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris Delling
>
>
>At 02:57 PM 9/2/97 -0500, Tyson Sherman wrote:
>>John,
>>Clausager's "Original MGB" shows the front logo for rubber
>>bumper models as silver letters with a black background,
>>but the UK 80 LE models had silver letters on a red background.
>>The book does not say whether the black on the rear badge
>>was gloss or flat, but pictures indicate that it was more
>>of a glosssy look (also a UK 80 LE model).
>>Hope this helps.
>>Tyson
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