[Healeys] Hyphened badge (was: Looking for a 100/4 restoration project)

[Michael Oritt]

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> 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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