[Healeys] BADGE, Austin Healey MK III

[David Masucci]

Hi all,

Atter 11+ years, my BJ8 has finally reached the point where I took her home yesterday painted Healey Blue. Now I can put all of the nice painted body parts back on, hopefully without scratching anything. 

Back in 2015 I purchased many parts in preparation for this day. One item is the MKIII badge (of which I opened the box for the first time yesterday). When I place it in it’s spot on the front shroud, I was not happy with the way that it looked compared to 2 old badges that I have. 

The old badge has less of an arch, and fits more flush to the body. The first thing I noticed is that the repro has more of an arch left to right. It’s more bulbous left to right than the originals.  This new one really only touches the body at the ends of the “wings”. To me, I think it looks wrong. 

In 2015 I paid $234 for this part from Moss. I see Moss lists this part now for $399…ouch! Does anyone have any experience with this part? Has the reproduction part improved since 2015? 

Thanks in advance,

Dave

64 Healey Blue BJ8!
72 XJ6



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