Chas I have one from the same era where the diagonal stripes run in the opposite direction than true!
Get well soon, Best wishes Ian On 20/06/2012 18:02, "Chas." <[email protected]> wrote: >I had an email today from a Morgan owner, via my address in Miscellany >not Mogtalk, about the Club badge. > >It seems he had been reading a piece about the Club badges on a site >and saw that an MSCC badge without Morgan around the rim, only Sports >Car Club, was a fake. Not seen the article myself, been under the >weather, in and out of hospital since Easter, be nice to be driving >soon. > >There was a small quantity of such badges made by mistake, these are >genuine, several members bought one at the time because of the mistake. > >They were stamped on the back with the manufacturers name, Marples and >Beasley Birmingham. As well as Marples and Beasley the Club badge can >also be found stamped Made in England by James Baker and Co. Albion >Street, Birmingham, and Gladman and Norman Ltd., both later >manufacturers. > >The 4/4 Club badge was made, and stamped,Marples and Beasley, they did >a good job but as members from the 60s will remember delivery dates >were not their thing. The blue background could differ in shade on >these, my original 1965 badge darker than some I purchased later when >the Club changed its name. > >Cheers, > >Chas.. > > > > >------------------------------------------- >View posts on The Mail Archive >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >[http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > >Modify Your Subscription: >https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >d3 >Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
