[Healeys] Hyphened badge

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

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>> 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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