Looks like a bargain !

[eggbert68b]

I echo keynsham1’s comment :

The risk is cars needing significant work will simply become donor cars to feed top end restoration models

 

[cobraboy]

Lets face it, most repro stuff is not right, the stuff that is right is expensive. NOS stuff is right, cos it was made right back in the day, but it's very expensive. You pays your money. and makes your choice.
I have learned the hard way that things are expensive for a reason, and trying to sell on a repro part you bought and didn't like, having found the real deal later, is bloody hard work.
It is better to pony up, and buy OEM than squint every time you walk by your foreign addition.

If you are paying someone else to restore your car with quality parts you will be upside down at the end.
If you restore your own car using quality parts, there is a chance you may not lose money.

 

[ghce]

As nice as the new ones are, it's quite easy to tell the difference - they are vitreous enamel not plastic.

The reproduction ones that were organized a few years back out of the States were absolutely identical to the original, at the time there was the potential to get the metal made from stainless ie an upgrade to the original.
Unfortunately only a batch or 2 were made and the ownership of the manufacturing transferred from Ian Wilson at Rover classics to was it Wadham's? who seem to have no interest in getting further batches made.

####EDIT##### Wynns got the IP for it, sorry for casting bad vibes on Wadhams, fine company that they are.

Here is the original thread that booted them off way back 2010 Another bonnet badge

Saying it again, they were identical and probably made from more UV resistant resin than the OEM ones to boot.

Research the site here for more info.

Graeme