[Healeys] Hyphened badge

[Ge]

Hi list,

1964 BJ8 MK3 Phase 2

Just checked it.

Result: no hyphen

It is an original dutch car imported by  Stokvis in Rotterdam

Regards.

Ge Aagten

The Netherlands

 

Van: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] Namens Jean Caron
Verzonden: vrijdag 30 januari 2015 7:13
Aan: AH Mail List
Onderwerp: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge

 

Restoring a 1966 BJ8, no hyphen and the badge on a 1967 I did a few years
ago, no hyphen either.

Jean 

> From: thehartnetts at earthlink.net
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:58:55 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge
> 
> 
> No hyphen!
> 
> (The Other) Len
> Fairfield, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
> (199,771 miles)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Per Schoerner" <per at schoerner.se>
> To: <josef-eckert at t-online.de>; "Healeys, Forum" <Healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge
> 
> 
> > Hi
> > OK, so my nice badge on the shelf would be wrong for my car then,
because 
> > I have a MkII BT7.
> > Let's see if there is anyone with an unhyphened original badge on a BT7,

> > as well as anyone that have a hyphened badge on a BJ8 or BJ7. Please
speak 
> > up if you feel that your car fits in here.
> >
> > Best regards, Per
> >
> > josef-eckert at t-online.de skrev den 2015-01-29 22:07:
> >> 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
> >>
> >> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> >> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge
> >> Datum: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:38:58 +0100
> >> Von: Per Schoerner <per at schoerner.se>
> >> An: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at 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 at schoerner.se
<mailto:per at schoerner.se%0b> 
> >>> <mailto:per at 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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