[Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge

[Michael Oritt]

Steve--

The timeline aside, my question is WHY?

I have heard it said that it was due to a supplier's mistake and that BMC
cut a deal on the badges in return for not returning them but that really
sounds unlikely.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:09 AM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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