<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">OK, I'll hijack this string: My BN1, a December 54 car has an "Austin of England" badge on it whereas according to conventional wisdom it should have an "Austin-Healey" badge instead.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">The car had been repainted a few years before I bought it in 1999 and I have not taken the paint on the lid down to bare metal to see if there are any filled holes but there is no sign of any. Also the casting had an appropriate level of pitting on it when I bought the car, approximately in keeping with that on the hinges, etc. indicating originality. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Of course it is possible that the PO--or the painter--decided for some unknown reason to put on an "A of E" badge. But I think it is just as likely that sometimes parts on hand were installed whether or they are out of sequence, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">BTW, I still have never heard a credible explanation as to why the nose badges changed from "Austin-Healey" to "Austin Healey" without the hyphen. Someone once posited that a supplier furnished incorrect badges that were bought at a discount and the rest was history but that does not seem likley to me.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Michael Salter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">There is one on eBay Item # 151555249859<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Fairly early BN1 I think...has an "Austin of England", they were replaced fairly early on..<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael S<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">BN1 #174<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:38 PM, lists <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@brits-n-pieces.com" target="_blank">lists@brits-n-pieces.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">Hi,<br>
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I'm after a 100/4 restoration project, either BN1 or BN2. Car should be (nearly) complete and not in boxes. If you have one and are willing to part with it or if you know of someone who wants to sell one, please let me know off-list.<br>
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