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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Restoring a 1966 BJ8, no hyphen and the badge on a 1967 I did a few years ago, no hyphen either.<br><br>Jean <br><br><div>> From: thehartnetts@earthlink.net<br>> To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:58:55 -0800<br>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge<br>> <br>> <br>> No hyphen!<br>> <br>> (The Other) Len<br>> Fairfield, CA, USA<br>> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031<br>> (199,771 miles)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "Per Schoerner" <per@schoerner.se><br>> To: <josef-eckert@t-online.de>; "Healeys, Forum" <Healeys@autox.team.net><br>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:27 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge<br>> <br>> <br>> > Hi<br>> > OK, so my nice badge on the shelf would be wrong for my car then, because <br>> > I have a MkII BT7.<br>> > Let's see if there is anyone with an unhyphened original badge on a BT7, <br>> > as well as anyone that have a hyphened badge on a BJ8 or BJ7. Please speak <br>> > up if you feel that your car fits in here.<br>> ><br>> > Best regards, Per<br>> ><br>> > josef-eckert@t-online.de skrev den 2015-01-29 22:07:<br>> >> Hi Per,<br>> >> I know the hyphen was lost during BJ7 production. But can`t tell you the <br>> >> reason why.<br>> >> My 62 BT7 still has the hyphen in the original badge.<br>> >> Cheers,<br>> >><br>> >> Josef Eckert<br>> >> Konigswinter/Germany<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original-Nachricht-----<br>> >> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge<br>> >> Datum: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:38:58 +0100<br>> >> Von: Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se><br>> >> An: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com><br>> >><br>> >> HI<br>> >> Well, I think I have seen both MkIIs and MkIIIs with and without hyphen,<br>> >> so I'm as curious as anyone to be enlightened as to when the switchover<br>> >> was made.<br>> >> I remember someone made a poll a couple of years ago, everyone was to<br>> >> reply if they had a hyphened or unhyphened badge. Does anyone know what<br>> >> came out of this investigation?<br>> >><br>> >> Best regards, Per<br>> >><br>> >> Michael Oritt skrev den 2015-01-29 20:29:<br>> >>> Per--<br>> >>><br>> >>> Thanks for your reply but I don't think that is it. Certainly at one<br>> >>> point A-H was correct and somewhere along the way it changed so that all<br>> >>> later cars lost the hyphen. I simply wonder why and am quite surprised<br>> >>> that there is not a known explanation.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Best--Michael Oritt<br>> >>><br>> >>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se<br>> >>> <mailto:per@schoerner.se>> wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>> Hi<br>> >>> I have always thought that the unhyphened badges of, at least, <br>> >>> MkIIs<br>> >>> and MkIIIs, have been aftermarket , but maybe I'm mistaken. I have <br>> >>> a<br>> >>> worned out original badge on my MkII, with a hyphen, and a brand <br>> >>> new<br>> >>> unhyphened badge on the shelf. I hesitate to replace it, for<br>> >>> origanality sakes. I'm not a 100 percent for originality, I have<br>> >>> several things on my car that is not original, but I'm serious when<br>> >>> it comes to badges.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Per<br>> >>><br>> >>> Michael Oritt skrev den 2015-01-29 02:42:<br>> >>><br>> >>> BTW, I still have never heard a credible explanation as to why<br>> >>> the nose<br>> >>> badges changed from "Austin-Healey" to "Austin Healey" without <br>> >>> the<br>> >>> hyphen. Someone once posited that a supplier furnished <br>> >>> incorrect<br>> >>> badges<br>> >>> that were bought at a discount and the rest was history but <br>> >>> that<br>> >>> does<br>> >>> not seem likley to me.<br>> >>><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>> >> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>> >> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>> >> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>> >><br>> >> Healeys@autox.team.net<br>> >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br>> >><br>> >> Unsubscribe/Manage: <br>> >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/josef-eckert@t-online.de<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>> > Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>> > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>> > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>> ><br>> > Healeys@autox.team.net<br>> > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br>> ><br>> > Unsubscribe/Manage: <br>> > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/thehartnetts@earthlink.net<br>> > <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>> <br>> Healeys@autox.team.net<br>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br>> <br>> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com<br>> <br></div> </div></body>
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