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AC badge
cliffordl:
My engine and gear box are still away for rebuild so I took the opportunity to fit new grilles (as available from the Club or Rimmer Bros - as they are the same as the Triumph Herald). What a pain! To get to the grilles the radiator has to come out and the bumpers come off (therefore including inner arches to the front wings and the bumper bars themselves. Wierdly you place the grille before the bumper bar mounts then you have to tighten the bumper mounts from the inside with the grilles right in the way - it's fiddly and I found that two nuts (one out of the three on each side) had been left off due to the inaccessibility.
This poking around lead me on to the front badge. I've always worried that it was slightly loose so decided to investigate. The badge is held in place with the usual AC tiny nuts and little tabs of metal. Once off it's clear that the badge is made up from three parts - the AC symbol, the red painted backing plaque (with a small soldered-on pin to the base) and the chromed surround.
I have noted several cars to be lacking this badge with the aperture sealed up. My question is this:
Would anyone be interested in replacement badges?
Whilst it's off the car I'm happy to use it as the model from which copies can be made. I've made some enquiries of local foundries etc and await their reply. Obviously cost will be an issue - I did consider 3D printing but suspect that it will not work for the surround.
C.
siegfried:
Hi Cliffordl ,
Good news , I was looking to find someway to make new grilles.
Do the have that at the club?
I want to bay a replacement badge If you consider to let fabricate a 3d Copy .
Gr Siegfried
Classicus:
Plus some sort of locking mechanism in case of badge thieves....?
cliffordl:
Siegfried - yes the club have the grilles in stock (I know for sure as they formed part of the haul from the old Frua factory that I brought back from Germany).
I have two local firms interested. Will reply with confirmed costings but based on photos it looks like around £150 or so per set including the surround.
siegfried:
Hi cliffordl?
I am more than interested to by the grilles .
You can send a set ?
Gr Siegfried
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