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Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge (was: Looking for a 100/4 restoration proje

To: Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge (was: Looking for a 100/4 restoration project)
From: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:29:35 -0500
Cc: Austin Healey <healeys@autox.team.net>
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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> wrote:

> 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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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Per--=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Thanks for your reply but I =
don&#39;t think that is it.=C2=A0 Certainly at one point A-H was correct an=
d somewhere along the way it changed so that all later cars lost the hyphen=
.=C2=A0 I simply wonder why and am quite surprised that there is not a know=
n explanation.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><b=
r></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Best--Michael =
Oritt</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Per Schoerner <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:per@schoerner.se"; target=3D"_blank">per@schoerner.se</a>&gt;</s=
pan> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi<br>
I have always thought that the unhyphened badges of, at least, MkIIs and Mk=
IIIs, have been aftermarket , but maybe I&#39;m mistaken. I have a worned o=
ut original badge on my MkII, with a hyphen, and a brand new unhyphened bad=
ge on the shelf. I hesitate to replace it, for origanality sakes. I&#39;m n=
ot a 100 percent for originality, I have several things on my car that is n=
ot original, but I&#39;m serious when it comes to badges.<br>
<br>
Per<br>
<br>
Michael Oritt skrev den 2015-01-29 02:42:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
BTW, I still have never heard a credible explanation as to why the nose<br>
badges changed from &quot;Austin-Healey&quot; to &quot;Austin Healey&quot; =
without the<br>
hyphen. Someone once posited that a supplier furnished incorrect badges<br>
that were bought at a discount and the rest was history but that does<br>
not seem likley to me.<br>
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