[Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge

[Michael Oritt]

Now that we are all focused on the badge I would like to put out a
question--one that I have asked before and never received what seemed to
have been a definitive answer:

How and when did "Austin-Healey" as written on the earlier badges become
"Austin Healey" as was done on the badges for later cars?

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:06 AM, Gary R. Brierton <gbrierton at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Again, thanks to all who replied to my post re: BJ8 front badge!  I now
> have changed my mind (or whats left of it!) and think I will go with the
> painted badge look, using my original.  I do love the look of the
> cloisonne, but...my 40045 probably was either painted or "all chrome" to
> begin with.  The background is not brass colored or pebbly and the script
> top edges are rounded so back to Chris Collins at High Point Body and Paint
> for a professional job.  He did my recent total paint job and the results
> were extra fine!  Yes, that was a shameless plug for Chris.
>
>
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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of BJ8Healeys <
> sbyers at ec.rr.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 10, 2016 11:06 AM
> *To:* 'Healeys'
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge
>
>
> For a component that is easily replaced it's hard to say 50+ years later
> what was original.  But the evidence I've collected in the BJ8 Registry for
> 8,788 BJ8s (49.6% of total production), says that the painted or all-chrome
> badges were used throughout production.  The parts manual is no help
> because only two part numbers are given:  one for BJ7 and one for BJ8.  I
> always thought the "all-chrome" badges were simply ones for which the paint
> had flaked or worn off, but some claim their cars had them from new.
>
>
>
> Anyway, the painted badges in general began to appear consistently about
> chassis 39XXX but like so many such changes it was not done cleanly so both
> painted/chrome and vitreous enamel continued together after that point.
>
>
>
> Steve Byers
>
> HBJ8L/36666
>
> BJ8 Registry
>
> AHCA Delegate at Large
>
> Havelock, NC
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Kimo
> Briske
> *Sent:* Friday, September 09, 2016 10:22 PM
> *To:* Gary R. Brierton; Healeys
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge
>
>
>
> Hi Gary, If your BJ8 is a very late model the badge may have been painted.
> I used to own car 43014 and learned in a concourse showing that the
> original was painted, not cloisonne. I don't know on what car #  they
> changed to painted. Aloha, Jim
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Gary R. Brierton <gbrierton at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I am interested in obtaining an A-H 3000 Mk III front badge, in cloisonne.
>
> I have a perfect one which has no enamel or cloisonne "in-fill".
>
> I would like to get either an intact replacement or some info on having my
> current badge restored...in cloisonne.  Failing all of that, I'll just get
> her repainted!
>
> GaryB
>
>
>
>
>
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