[Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge

[Warren Dietz]

Darryl,

Also have a "a *mid 67* build (11-16 May '67) BJ8, Mk3 Phase 2, finished in
'Golden Beige Metallic', black interior, with a bonnet badge finished in
*orange(red)* paint"  #HBJ8L41574. Paint wore off and I finished in red
paint close to original. I agree,
cloisonne badge it should be..........

WD  67 BJ8

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Deejay2650 . <deejay2650 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings from "Down Under"
> G'day,
> I don't want to appear as the 'fly in the ointment here', but would like
> to share my experience with you all.
> My car was a *mid 67* build (May '67) BJ8, Mk3 Phase 2, finished in
> 'Golden Beige Metallic', black interior, with a bonnet badge finished in
> *orange* paint....and told this was the original finish for the period,
> as some were finished in cloisonne and some were in fact painted in* late
> 1967*. (Source:The Original Austin Healey...Anders Ditlev Clausager)
> To be blunt, I hated it....I thought it detracted from the overall look of
> the vehicle, and sought to look for a nicer solution....The badge on the
> car may or *may not* be the *original* bonnet badge (It will go with the
> Healey if I ever sell it) but I wanted a cloisonne badge to be seen as a
> celebration of the marque (Like Benson and Hedges...."When only the best
> will do, and isn't that all the time"?) as Stuart Wagstaff used to say in
> the TV ads, back in the cigarette days of advertising....
>
> I purchased a cloisonne bonnet badge from *AH Spares *in England and it
> is just perfect and looks brilliant on the car, I couldn't recommend a
> better badge, the attention to detail is faultless; the chrome plating,
> perfect,and the fit....exactly the same as the original badge
> fitted..Price-wise, expensive, with the OZ exchange rate...yes, but worth
> every penny!
> Darryl Ross
> '67 Austin-Healey BJ8 Mk 111, Ph2
>
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