[Tigers] Badges - originality

[allanballard at att.net]

Thanks guys.

I'll clean it up for reuse.

Allan Ballard
Mk1a Tiger


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On Sep 18, 2011, at 11:26 PM, " Ron Fraser" <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

> Allan
>    TBON lists 4 possible badges.
> Alpine 260        European market
> Powered by Ford 260
> Sunbeam 260        This one shows Chrysler's influence at Rootes on the
> Tiger.
> Sunbeam V8
>
>    I don't know that any of these have been reproduced in plastic like
> the originals.  You can polish plastic to put a shine back on the surface
> and if the silver is still there you can clean up the back and spray it
with
> black paint.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Allan Ballard
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 5:58 PM
> To: Beamclub
> Subject: [Tigers] Badges - originality
>
>
> My early Mk1a Tiger came to me with both "260" side badges missing.
>
> The only "260" badge remaining is on the trunk lid.
>
> It is very worn with little paint remaining and says "Sunbeam 260" with
> "Sunbeam" located in the small space normally displaying "Powered by Ford."
>
> Does anyone have information on this badge?
>
> So far I don't see a repro available.
>
> I have no way to know whether the badge is original to the car but have no
> reason to suspect a badge change in the past either.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Allan Ballard
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