<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I think we have established that there was probably no consistent change point from hyphenated to non-hyphenated which seems to support the idea that after the decision to change was made the stock of hyphenated badges was nevertheless used until exhausted.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">However my original question was not "when" but rather "why" the switch was made. There must have been a reason for making an affirmative decision to do something and I am genuinely surprised that the reason has never been made known,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Any thoughts here?</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 Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Ge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gaagten@gmail.com" target="_blank">gaagten@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 lang="NL" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi list,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">1964 BJ8 MK3 Phase 2<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Just checked it.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Result: no hyphen<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It is an original dutch car imported by Stokvis in Rotterdam<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regards.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Ge Aagten<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The Netherlands<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Van:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>Namens </b>Jean Caron<br><b>Verzonden:</b> vrijdag 30 januari 2015 7:13<br><b>Aan:</b> AH Mail List<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Restoring a 1966 BJ8, no hyphen and the badge on a 1967 I did a few years ago, no hyphen either.<br><br>Jean <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">> From: <a href="mailto:thehartnetts@earthlink.net" target="_blank">thehartnetts@earthlink.net</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><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" <<a href="mailto:per@schoerner.se" target="_blank">per@schoerner.se</a>><br>> To: <<a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a>>; "Healeys, Forum" <<a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a>><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>> > <a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a> 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 <<a href="mailto:per@schoerner.se" target="_blank">per@schoerner.se</a>><br>> >> An: Michael Oritt <<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>><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 <<a href="mailto:per@schoerner.se%0b" target="_blank">per@schoerner.se<br></a>> >>> <<a href="mailto:per@schoerner.se" target="_blank">mailto:per@schoerner.se</a>>> 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 <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>> >> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>> >> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>> >> Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>> >><br>> >> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>> >> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br>> >><br>> >> Unsubscribe/Manage: <br>> >> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/josef-eckert@t-online.de</a><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>> > Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>> > Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>> > Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>> ><br>> > <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>> > <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br>> ><br>> > Unsubscribe/Manage: <br>> > <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/thehartnetts@earthlink.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/thehartnetts@earthlink.net</a><br>> > <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>> Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>> <br>> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br>> <br>> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com</a><br>> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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