"6. Note that your car should have a painted front Mk III emblem rather than
cloisonne."
Maybe not, Alan. The BJ8 registry records tons of cars with body and
chassis numbers higher than Mr. Keyes's car that have cloisonni nose badges.
>From personal observation, I know that many of these appear to be originals,
not replacements.
The parts manual does not distinguish between the cloisonni badges and the
painted ones, nor is a change point given.
Based on actual data in the registry, the painted badges began appearing
more or less consistently at approximately chassis 39XXX, although there are
painted badges scattered throughout the span of the BJ8 production run and
cloisonni ones as well.
If Mr. Keyes has the nose badge that came with the car, I would suggest
whatever style it is is probably the original to that car.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
On 11/5/08, Weston Keyes <westonkeyes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I need your help in putting the final details on a BJ8 RH drive
> car, built in Feb. 1967.
>
> I am trying to make it as accurate as I can. Unfortunately I inherited
> the restoration form another restorer and many parts were missing. I
> have the following
> questions:
>
> 1. Is the curved piece of the radiator that goes over the blades always
red?
> 2. Did AH use a black plastic oil fill cap? Or is the correct one the
> metal one with the wire cable attached?
> 3. Was the choke cables covered with black plastic?
> 4. Towards the end of production did AH replace the valve covers
> labels (Austin and valve adjustments)
> with stickers instead of rivet on labels?
> 5. What is the proper radiator cap? I have a metal one with a red
> plastic button in the middle.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Wes Keyes
> York, Maine
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