[Healeys] BADGE, Austin Healey MK III

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Many repro badges for all kinds of classics have the wrong curvature. 
Made to a price I am afraid. Any producer wherever they are located can 
make proper badges, but at a cost. Moss probably did not pay more than a 
tenner originally and made a nice profit.
Fit the old one if it is anywhere near decent, it is authentic so a bit 
of patination adds to the charm of it.

Kees Oudesluijs

Op 29-9-2023 om 13:32 schreef David Masucci via Healeys:
> In reference to the repro front badge question that I posted earlier, 
> the image below shows the difference.
>
> 20230929_071108.jpg
>
>> On Sep 29, 2023, at 6:21 AM, David Masucci via Healeys 
>> <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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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