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Hi guys,
How does the ordinary "Austin" badge attach to the bonnet of the early mk1s?
Its going for paint soon and need to drill holes if there are some. I've used a Morris bonnet so had to weld the holes up.

I thought i had a badge but for the life of me i cant find it, and everywhere seems to be out of stock.
There is one on fleabay for £200.
I thought there were 2 pins on the back of the badges that went through 2 holes in the bonnet but there are no pins on that £200 badge, am i going mad?

The chrome surround is not with that badge
It would have the mounting pegs on it
peg location would be where the cut outs are showing on the badge in the ebay listing

I have a NOS chrome surround available if you need one. No badge insert though.

Thanks for the quick reply Nick,

I did having the chrome surround with the badge to, but it has been many years since i have seen them.

So which have the pins in it, the badge or the chrome surround?

Edit, got you Nick, see what you mean with the pics Andy has put well, thanks for your help.

Andrew1967 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:12 pm I have a NOS chrome surround available if you need one. No badge insert though.

Pm'd you Andrew i think, can you let me know how much please?

3 pins I think - the location is clear in this pic.

https://www.alamy.com/austin-seven-mini ... 12468.html

The mini spares copies don't have the depth but are pretty good. The one on ebay is NOS original and pretty rare now, hence the price I guess. The chrome surrounds are easy to get and easy to take off if you want to change the badge later.


EDIT - to say this pic shows the pins:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/251744820643

AndyPen wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:17 pm 3 pins I think - the location is clear in this pic.

https://www.alamy.com/austin-seven-mini ... 12468.html

The mini spares copies don't have the depth but are pretty good. The one on ebay is NOS original and pretty rare now, hence the price I guess. The chrome surrounds are easy to get and easy to take off if you want to change the badge later.


EDIT - to say this pic shows the pins:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/251744820643

I was going mad then lol.

Thanks for posting pictures of it Mr Pen, much appreciated.
Everyone have been fabulous in their mega quick responses, thanks everyone

Courtesy to Andrew1967, i now had a badge surround.

Does anyone know what the hole positions are for the bonnet holes?

Its really just the distance i need from the bonnet lip to the bottom of the badge i should think, as getting it central left/right is easy enough.

I thought i had seen one somewhere but can't seem to find it

Remembered I had a spare Austin bonnet deep down amongst my stuff. Here are some pics with a tape measure on them, a bit wobbly as I was balancing a lot

Bottom hole appears to be one inch up on the centre line. I'd drill that one and do the tippex trick on the pins to mark the other two precisely

Mr Pen............you are an absolute star..............thank you so much.

Sorry for the late reply, been working all weekend and it been mad busy.

I'm on lates this week so will measure that up in the morning.

Thank you so much