65 bj8 no hyphen
40k miles.
She spent a long time in a GA barn.
Greg
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> On Jan 30, 2015, at 12:58 AM, Len and/or Marge Hartnett
> <thehartnetts@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> No hyphen!
>
> (The Other) Len
> Fairfield, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
> (199,771 miles)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Per Schoerner" <per@schoerner.se>
> To: <josef-eckert@t-online.de>; "Healeys, Forum" <Healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge
>
>
>> Hi
>> OK, so my nice badge on the shelf would be wrong for my car then, because I
>> have a MkII BT7.
>> Let's see if there is anyone with an unhyphened original badge on a BT7, as
>> well as anyone that have a hyphened badge on a BJ8 or BJ7. Please speak up
>> if you feel that your car fits in here.
>>
>> Best regards, Per
>>
>> josef-eckert@t-online.de skrev den 2015-01-29 22:07:
>>> Hi Per,
>>> I know the hyphen was lost during BJ7 production. But can`t tell you the
>>> reason why.
>>> My 62 BT7 still has the hyphen in the original badge.
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Josef Eckert
>>> Konigswinter/Germany
>>>
>>> -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Hyphened badge
>>> Datum: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:38:58 +0100
>>> Von: Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se>
>>> An: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> HI
>>> Well, I think I have seen both MkIIs and MkIIIs with and without hyphen,
>>> so I'm as curious as anyone to be enlightened as to when the switchover
>>> was made.
>>> I remember someone made a poll a couple of years ago, everyone was to
>>> reply if they had a hyphened or unhyphened badge. Does anyone know what
>>> came out of this investigation?
>>>
>>> Best regards, Per
>>>
>>> Michael Oritt skrev den 2015-01-29 20:29:
>>>> Per--
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your reply but I don't think that is it. Certainly at one
>>>> point A-H was correct and somewhere along the way it changed so that all
>>>> later cars lost the hyphen. I simply wonder why and am quite surprised
>>>> that there is not a known explanation.
>>>>
>>>> Best--Michael Oritt
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I have always thought that the unhyphened badges of, at least, MkIIs
>>>> and MkIIIs, have been aftermarket , but maybe I'm mistaken. I have a
>>>> worned out original badge on my MkII, with a hyphen, and a brand new
>>>> unhyphened badge on the shelf. I hesitate to replace it, for
>>>> origanality sakes. I'm not a 100 percent for originality, I have
>>>> several things on my car that is not original, but I'm serious when
>>>> it comes to badges.
>>>>
>>>> Per
>>>>
>>>> Michael Oritt skrev den 2015-01-29 02:42:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
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