[Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonné front badge

[Mark Donaldson]

As a proof-reader I have always obeyed the rule that, where a car or truck
or motorcycle produced as a joint venture by two organisations, the name is
hyphenated to indicate that fact.  The only Austin Healey (without a hyphen)
that I know of used to play rugby football for England.

 

As an aside, I was told many years ago - and I don't recall by whom - that
the dropping of the hyphen may have been an administrative goof from the BMC
Purchasing Office on a long production run, too costly to re-tool with the
hyphen.  That may be an urban myth, but it does make for interesting
speculation over a few beers.

 

Mark Donaldson

Ardmore, NZ

 

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From: BJ8Healeys [mailto:sbyers at ec.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 5:55 a.m.
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge

 

Patrick, I have an original Mk II badge (from BJ7 20111, BMC assembly date
26 June - 5 July 1962) that has the hyphen (photo attached).  I suppose it's
possible the badge was intended for a BT7 Mk II but got installed on a BJ7
instead; but at least this one data point would suggest that one can't say
for certain that the loss of the hyphen occurred with BJ7 production. 

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Patrick &
Caroline Quinn
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 5:58 PM
To: 'Bob Haskell'; 'Bob Spidell'; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge

 

G'day

 

The addition of a hyphen between Austin and Healey is a question that still
hasn't been suitably answered.

 

Attached is a short article and pics I wrote for the Oct-Dec 2015 issue of
the Australian Austin-Healey that might be of interest. I may be mistaken,
but on looking at original examples the BT7 Mk2 originally had a hyphen, but
with the introduction of the BJ7 it was deleted.

 

Badges available today do not have the hyphen.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

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