Mk1 grill

To complicate things, there are two Series 1 badges, the metal rimmed version and the all plastic. The metal rim version used two bar clamps with thumbscrews, the all plastic version used a mount that also spaced the grills apart that two knurled studs on the badge pressed into.

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Vern
 
Vern Klukas said:
To complicate things, there are two Series 1 badges, the metal rimmed version and the all plastic. The metal rim version used two bar clamps with thumbscrews, the all plastic version used a mount that also spaced the grills apart that two knurled studs on the badge pressed into.

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Vern
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The version with several parts is only found on the earliest cars, up to around 1966/67.
 
I'd say 67/68 for the badge changeover. I associate the change with the cross flow rad, I've never seen a crossflow car with an early badge or a late badge on a vertical flow rad car. For the NADA cars at least.

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Vern
 
My April 1967 2000 had the plastic badge and a vertical-flow radiator, so plastic and crossflow don't necessarily go together.
 
johnsimister said:
My April 1967 2000 had the plastic badge and a vertical-flow radiator, so plastic and crossflow don't necessarily go together.
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The service newsletters say the plastic badge was introduced in April of 1968 on the Automatic cars, and then standardized to the SC & TC in November 68. So I suspect your car had the badge replaced at some point, though you are right it would seem you could have a Automatic with the plastic badge and the vertical flow rad. The cross flow rad was introduced in August 68.

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Vern
 
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