[Healeys] BADGE, Austin Healey MK III

[Roland Wilhelmy]

I second Simon's recommendation.  They restored my BN1's badge, and it was
perfect.  Expect it to take time.  It's worth the time and money.
-Roland Wilhelmy

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 2:35 PM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I wonder if you could get a refund from Moss and have your original
> restored?
>
> I’ve used Pamela David Enamels:-
>
> ONE-OFF BADGE MANUFACTURE & RESTORATION OF GLASS ENAMEL BADGES
> (badgecraft.co.uk) <http://www.badgecraft.co.uk/>
>
> Don’t be put off by the rustic state of their website or the reference to
> faxes. Their work is excellent. They are not VAT registered so it’s
> £266:00(!!!) plus shipping. It would be done by February!
>
> A lot of money. A lot of time. But you’ll have something as good as new. I
> put my money where my mouth is and had them do mine. Mine looks just right,
> I think, and I was flattered if extremely pissed off when a bodyshop stole
> it and put on a crummy repro. “Oh”, the man said, “we always put on new
> badges when we work on classics.” I asked where mine was.. “We threw it
> out, of course”.
>
> I told him that he had 5 minutes to rethink whereupon he opened his drawer
> and passed it over. The police was not interested! Enough waffle…
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *David
> Masucci via Healeys
> *Sent:* 29 September 2023 11:21
> *To:* Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] BADGE, Austin Healey MK III
>
>
>
> 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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