[Healeys] Hyphened badge

[josef-eckert at t-online.de]

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 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>> 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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