[Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Sun Sep 11 10:51:59 MDT 2016


Is a BJ7 a "Mark III" or a "Mark II?"


On 9/11/2016 8:59 AM, Oudesluys wrote:
> Knowing Jensen, they could have used either badge in the change-over 
> period. They used up old stock and or used what ever was at hand.
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
> Op 11-9-2016 om 17:09 schreef BJ8Healeys:
>>
>> The BJ7 badge had "Austin-Healey", and the BJ8 badge has it without 
>> the hyphen.   There is only one part number in the BMC parts list for 
>> the BJ7 badge, and one for BJ8, so only empirical data would identify 
>> if there was a change point in the middle of the models.  Previous 
>> discussions didn't surface anyone who had a BJ7 badge without the 
>> hyphen, or a BJ8 badge with it.
>>
>> Steve Byers
>>
>> HBJ8L/36666
>>
>> BJ8 Registry
>>
>> AHCA Delegate at Large
>>
>> Havelock, NC
>>
>> *From:*Michael Oritt [mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Sunday, September 11, 2016 10:44 AM
>> *To:* Gary R. Brierton
>> *Cc:* BJ8Healeys; Healeys
>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge
>>
>> 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
>>
>>

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