AC Boot Badge

289 Mk111 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2018, 01:30 PM

Hi All , can you help....
I am building a replica of a 289 Mk111
or Sports 289 Cobra (as close as I can to COB6124) which is a UK AC built car
and am trying to find a good replica chromed AC Boot and Nose badge,
which are hard to find

All I have currently found, do not appear to be exact copies of the original parts.

I have found 2 replica badges in my search, both have a very flat bottom to the 'C'
the Left Hand one is the latest (still available and fitted to the latest AC Cars) but flatter, sharper and smaller than the
Right hand one which is from the 1990s and closer to the original.
as it is larger and sightly more rounded.

Q. Anyone know where can I get a 'Good' reproduction of the original AC badge,

thanks Steve

Replica badges...............Original Badge

LMH · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2018, 08:26 PM

Look up member rsk289 and send him a PM. He'll know for sure.
Larry

289 Mk111 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-11-2018, 12:09 PM

thanks Larry I will try..
Steve

Alfa02 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-12-2018, 09:46 AM

I brought mine from Finishline maybe 2-3 years ago, but I would say the bottom of my C is closer to the one on the right one in the first photo. I'm pleased with fit & finish. Cheers Tom.

rsk289 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 01:34 AM

Yes, that's the only source I know of at the moment for new ones. Can't remember ever spotting one on ebay, hate to think what the price would be...

Dan Case · #6 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by rsk289

Yes, that's the only source I know of at the moment for new ones. Can't remember ever spotting one on ebay, hate to think what the price would be...

The last original large AC script boot lid emblem I spotted in an ebay® listing was back in 2009 and I bought it. (The car's owner at the time was changing emblems to one of the later "COBRA" styles.)

I bet most originals once installed on new cars long ago have been discarded to be replaced with some other type emblem. The rarest original installation emblems in my holotype set were removed from cars during their first significant rebuild or "restoration". I have emblems in my holotype set removed from a Cobra as far back as 1965.

Ozzie Goat · #7 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 08:51 AM

I would like to find one of these

Dan Case · #8 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Ozzie Goat

I would like to find one of these

More than one company has made their versions of the "SHELBY AC COBRA" emblem. None of them are very accurate. Reproductions are not uncommon in ebay® listings in the USA and UK.

I have an original in my holotype original emblem set removed from very early car in the 1960s. It is the only original piece I have ever found for sale. Most got replaced with a latter "COBRA" version at some point in time.

Ozzie Goat · #9 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Case

More than one company has made their versions of the "SHELBY AC COBRA" emblem. None of them are very accurate. Reproductions are not uncommon in ebay® listings in the USA and UK.

I have an original in my holotype original emblem set removed from very early car in the 1960s. It is the only original piece I have ever found for sale. Most got replaced with a latter "COBRA" version at some point in time.

Any chance we could use yours as a buck for a run of repros ?
I think there are companies that will replicate small runs... maybe ...

Dan Case · #10 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozzie Goat

Any chance we could use yours as a buck for a run of repros ?
I think there are companies that will replicate small runs... maybe ...

Not interested in risking it or chasing somebody to get the original back. The last part I allowed a company to "borrow" took more than a year of frequent reminders to get back and then the "copy" didn't have any of the details the original did. I know of people that have had to retain a lawyer and start legal proceedings to get their originals back. Original samples have gone missing in action and never found again, at least the borrower's didn't admit finding them.

One of the 'SHELBY AC COBRA' reproductions was based on a casting a master off an original but like a copy of a copy of a facsimile each casting step blurred details. The originals have some fine art that would probably require a pattern maker to use an original to recreate the art.

Mark IV · #11 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Case

Not interested in risking it or chasing somebody to get the original back. The last part I allowed a company to "borrow" took more than a year of frequent reminders to get back and then the "copy" didn't have any of the details the original did. I know of people that have had to retain a lawyer and start legal proceedings to get the originals back.

One of the 'SHELBY AC COBRA' reproductions was based on a casting a master off an original but like a copy of a copy of a facsimile each casting step blurred details. The originals have some fine art that would probably require a pattern maker to use an original to recreate the art.

Dan,

You could have it scanned digitally and use the file for reproduction. If you can find a service locally the part would never be out of your control.

Yes, I have had a similar experience with a loaned part.

289 Mk111 · #12 (**permalink**) 10-13-2018, 12:21 PM

The Search goes on...

If any one has the opportunity to replicate an original AC Script, Put me down for One or Two....

Cheers Chaps.

morgy · #13 (**permalink**) 11-06-2018, 02:07 AM

I am still desperately searching for an Original AC script boot badge for my 1967 289 Sports..

migge · #14 (**permalink**) 12-10-2018, 09:19 AM

What about this one?

xb-60 · #15 (**permalink**) 12-10-2018, 10:21 PM

Looks OK.
More details?

Cheers,
Glen

migge · #16 (**permalink**) 12-11-2018, 02:52 AM

Bought it a few years ago on a auto jumble. Was painted black!! Paint came off easily because the painter didn't sand down the chrome. It has a few minor scratches but is in really good condition otherwise, chrome is okay.

morgy · #17 (**permalink**) 12-17-2018, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by migge

Bought it a few years ago on a auto jumble. Was painted black!! Paint came off easily because the painter didn't sand down the chrome. It has a few minor scratches but is in really good condition otherwise, chrome is okay.

Willing to sell Miggie?
I guess your the same miggie as on the 289 register ?

migge · #18 (**permalink**) 12-20-2018, 09:21 AM

Sorry Morgy,

Already sold.

Nedsel · #19 (**permalink**) 12-20-2018, 09:57 AM

This seems to me to be the perfect candidate for a 3D printer effort. Is anyone here tuned into that technology?

migge · #20 (**permalink**) 03-01-2019, 09:35 AM

Real and fake AC badge. Original one is 56 mm OD, fake one 54 mm (not bad at all). Real one has inside the manufactorer: J. FRAY LTD BHAM (Birmingham)