Grille badge

[BrianEvans]

Hi there ,does anyone have an Austin grille badge for a 1937 Austin 10 Cambridge that they would like to sell ? Thank you

[BrianEvans]

Got one sorted now through the Club spares dept.

[peter_winney]

That's good. Maybe I should get one!

[BrianEvans]

Hi Peter,they are not cheap though at £40.00
Brian & Jo

[peter_winney]

Well they are not made in china

[BrianEvans]

I’ve just found out it’s the wrong size ,they are saying it’s 5”long and the one off the grille is just over 6.5” long

[peter_winney]

The 5" badge with holes at the ends is for the chrome rad cars. The Austin script badge on the cowled rads including the Cambridge is longer (6" the broken one I have) and does not have holes right thru the ends but is fastened from behind.

Austin script badge - front view

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Austin script badge fastening

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[BrianEvans]

Ah yes that’s exactly the same as ours and ours has broke in exactly the same place.

[peter_winney]

Ah yes that’s exactly the same as ours and ours has broke in exactly the same place.

I have plans to glue it with a strip behind in support but the difficulty will be fitting it to the car without removing the radiator cowling & grill

[peter_christie]

Peter,

you can solder them with modern low temperature solder, but the metal, Mazak, zinc based alloy must be clinically clean. I have also glued it successfully using Bondic with U/V cure, but I wouldn't bet on how long it will last 'coz the U/V can't see through the metal.
(it's OK on plastic components). Gluing the whole thing on to a piece of tinplate and cutting it out with a metal-cutting fretsaw would work.
On the New Ascot, I could reach the screws from below - with difficulty!

Peter C. [6515] (still in the land of the living, but Austinless)