[Healeys] Early 3000 badging.

Patrick & Caroline Quinn p_cquinn at tpg.com.au
Tue Mar 10 15:53:36 MDT 2020


Hello Michael

 

For what is a very minor matter it is very interesting. Please pass on your findings.

 

I have been interested in when the hyphen went missing on the later front shroud badges and think I have probably looked at most of the Mk2 Roadsters and Mk2 Convertibles in Australia. My conclusion is that sometime during the transition from Roadster to Convertible the hyphen was deleted as most of the Roadsters have it, while none of the Convertibles do.

 

None of the aftermarket items today have the hyphen.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

Ps. The BN3 has a 100 grille badge and not the 100/6 badge.

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Salter
Sent: Wednesday, 11 March 2020 8:36 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Early 3000 badging.

 

Here is one for the early 3000 owners. 

I'm working on some corrections in the Concours Guidelines and trying to get confirmation of something that is stated within them. 

The Guidelines state "On the BN4, the front grille flash had the number "6" in a circle cast into the badge following the "100". This badge may also have been used on some of the first 340 BT7/BN7s produced in 1959".

This means that some of the first 3000's would could have had 100/6 badging and, in the interests of accuracy, we need to have this confirmed.

When the 3000 was introduced there was a lot of razzmatazz and hoopla about the "new and improved" engine.

Considering this from the perspective of a buyer of a new 3000 I can only imagine that he/she would be incensed if the car was delivered with 100/6 badging!! 

Does anyone out there have an early 3000 with original 100/6 badging?

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Michael Salter

Concours Guidelines Committee.



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