[Healeys] Early 3000 badging.

[Jim Wojcik]

Hi Michael. My former car, 1960-titled but produced in 1959- BN7434, had disc brakes, 3000 engine and manifolds, and 100-6 badging. Then I made it worse by adding the 3000 on the tail, but it definitely had a 100-6 badge on the grill and a 100-6 horn button. Confused me for a long time after I bought it in 1982. You can kind of see it here.  Jim Wojcik

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Salter
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 4:36 PM
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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