[Healeys] Early 3000 badging.

[Mirek Sharp]

Hi Michael,  my BT7, manufactured in Oct ’59, HBT7L445129, has a 100-6 horn button.  I questioned  the previous owner on this when I bought the car in ’74, and he said it had it when he bought it in the summer of 1960 from a dealer on Bloor Street, Jim Ferguson.  I have heard this is not uncommon for early BT7s, but I have never heard or seen the same for grill badges.

 

Best,  Mirek

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Salter
Sent: March-10-20 5:36 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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