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Steve Cooper
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17/02/2011 : 16:52:07
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Can anybody confirm if this is an early MGCC badge? It can be seen that the main part of the badge is brass (or bronze) ie the part that is chrome on modern ones. Also the method of fixing is different with a central 1/4 BSF tapped hole at the bottom instead of the two lugs attached to the back of modern ones. Any info would be appreciated.
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Nick Feakes
USA
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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 18:33:56
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Hi Steve
I took the liberty of editing your post to display the picture correctly. The link to the image must be placed between the image placeholders, i.e. {img} HERE {/img} The real tags use square brackets, not curly ones.
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Gerhard Maier
Germany
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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 18:54:32
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Talking about old MGCC badges,
any idea, up to which year was the badge below the MGCC badge ?
(The photo of Roy Marsh's car is from Safety Fast Feb. 1962)
Gerhard
 
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John James
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/02/2011 : 21:23:27
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Steve,
I have one of these badges. It has a number on the back (3300), which was probably a membership number. It is thought to date from about 1936. |
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Steve Cooper
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2011 : 19:57:10
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Thanks for that John, I was beginning to think I had BO or something! There are no numbers on the back of mine, unfortunately.
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Gerhard Maier
Germany
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Posted - 10/03/2011 : 18:37:43
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Steve,
in the fascinating book of Michael Ellman-Brown "MG COLLECTIBLES" are samples of MG Car Club badges.
The only two which come close to yours are the two on the photo below, as they have the rear mounting stems.
The difference between the late pre-war and the early post-war seem to be the length of those rear mounting stems.
Have a look which of the two comes close to yours, although on yours the tip at bottom is not there. Gerhard
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Steve Cooper
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 10:58:01
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Thanks for that, Gerhard, it would appear that mine is the early post-war one as the mounting stem is the longer one of the two. You are right about the missing tip on the bottom - somebody has filed it off in the past to mount it on a flat surface - on top of the starting handle aperture actually. My car came with it fixed in this position, so I guess it had been there for twenty odd years! - I acquired the car in 1969. Thanks again.
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