Speedex motif/badge

[Ivor Hawkins]

Hi Jon I have a ton of stuff to go through (fifty years worth!) but if I remember correctly it was on a sort of thick foil type material, about 3” wide and maybe 3/32” thick -apologies for imperial measure! ?
It didn’t have any securing pins, it was glued on, I had to peel it off with a scraper as I was planning to put it back on but never got around to it...

[JonE]

Real secondary evidence - fabulous. Perhaps no curvature after all?
No hurry. Do shout if you find any '29 radiators or headlamp rims while going through all that... :-)

[Tony Press]

I'm glad I kept my old and "out of date" Zeus data charts though, the recent ones miss out all the interesting Whit, BA and BSF thread pitches.

Do they include Rods, Poles and Purches ?

[A G Wood]

And poundals, slugs, leagues, and troy pounds. Not to forget drachams/drams [apothecaries and avoirdupois]

[squeak]

back on topic. I can't help thinking the speedex badge was modeled on a design I've seen elsewhere' The black portion top and bottom was in fact a black, front transverse spring paired with an inverted black spring underneath. The picture from JonE is a bit fuzzy, any recollections Ivor?

[Ivor Hawkins]

Crikey Squeak, I had the Super Sportsman in about 1972, these days I can’t remember what I did yesterday!

But in all seriousness, what you describe rings a bell of sorts, though I’m pretty sure the badge was a very simple black and red with a gold or silver background...I will continue to search, I may even have a photograph, but it is likely to be black and white...

[JonE]

I was thinking the external shape of the motif/badge was the frontal aspect of the first 750 body - the frontal inlet.

[Robert Leigh]

In the vein of the post by Duncan Grimond I was on a Swiss Riley Rally about 25 years ago and we stopped at a restaurant at the top of a pass for lunch. Having been charged 12 swiss francs (far more valuable than french ones were) for a bottle of water I asked the organiser if that was right. He said it couldn't be and went to check with the staff on my behalf. They still insisted that the price was correct. I will not be returning to that restaurant!

[MartinH]

Maybe of some interest. There is a Dutch Speedex for sale on Prewarcar.com that has the nose badge in place. Pictures aren't that clear but hopefully the vendor can provide something better.


https://www.prewarcar.com/305241-austin-...ilverstone

[JonE]

thanks Martin, but sadly its a relatively recent reproduction, from earlier investigations