The MG badge on supercharged cars....

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Mitchman2
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The MG badge on supercharged cars....

Post by Mitchman2 » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:20 am

How was the MG badge on supercharged cars made? What material?

This is being reproduced very nicely, but I'm pretty sure they weren't laser-cut stainless.

Does anyone know?

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1930 Model A Ford (owned since 1972)
1948 MG TC Special
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1966 E-Type OTS (just like the one I had in HS back in '74.

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Re: The MG badge on supercharged cars....

Post by cdrolshagen » Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:17 am

Laser cut stailess steel

http://prewarmgparts.co.uk/mg-octagon-logo/p495376.html

cheers Carl

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Re: The MG badge on supercharged cars....

Post by Mitchman2 » Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:14 am

cdrolshagen wrote:Laser cut stailess steel

http://prewarmgparts.co.uk/mg-octagon-logo/p495376.html

cheers Carl
I'm fairly certain lasers were not used in the 1930's and 40s.
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1930 Model A Ford (owned since 1972)
1948 MG TC Special
1958 MGA
1966 E-Type OTS (just like the one I had in HS back in '74.

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Re: The MG badge on supercharged cars....

Post by Mitchman2 » Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:25 am

I've gotten an answer. they were cut from brass sheet, silver-soldered where necessary and then chromed.
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1930 Model A Ford (owned since 1972)
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1958 MGA
1966 E-Type OTS (just like the one I had in HS back in '74.

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Re: The MG badge on supercharged cars....

Post by Steve Simmons » Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:15 am

That sounds correct to me, and consistent with what I've been told by friends with pre-war cars. Steel or brass sheet, chromed. A friend had an original but sold it to a fellow with a K3.
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