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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi Michael, my BT7, manufactured in Oct ’59, HBT7L445129, has a 100-6 horn button. I questioned the previous owner on this when I bought the car in ’74, and he said it had it when he bought it in the summer of 1960 from a dealer on Bloor Street, Jim Ferguson. I have heard this is not uncommon for early BT7s, but I have never heard or seen the same for grill badges.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Best, Mirek<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Salter<br><b>Sent:</b> March-10-20 5:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Early 3000 badging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Here is one for the early 3000 owners. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>I'm working on some corrections in the Concours Guidelines and trying to get confirmation of something that is stated within them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>The Guidelines state "On the BN4, the front grille flash had the number "6" in a circle cast into the badge following the "100". This badge may also have been used on some of the first 340 BT7/BN7s produced in 1959".<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>This means that some of the first 3000's would could have had 100/6 badging and, in the interests of accuracy, we need to have this confirmed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>When the 3000 was introduced there was a lot of razzmatazz and hoopla about the "new and improved" engine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Considering this from the perspective of a buyer of a new 3000 I can only imagine that he/she would be incensed if the car was delivered with 100/6 badging!! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Does anyone out there have an early 3000 with original 100/6 badging?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Thanks for taking the time to read this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Michael Salter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Concours Guidelines Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>