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    HQ grille badge

    Hi all
    Last year I brought a HQ grille at a swap meet and it had this badge on it but I have never seen one on a HQ car before.
    Does any know what model it was on.
    Cheers LenRIMG0189 (2).JPGRIMG0190 (2).JPG

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    It's a '71-'72 HQ Grill Badge
    Why do you think it's anything else?
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    All the one's I have seen have blue and red in them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Len1955 View Post
    All the one's I have seen have blue and red in them.
    That's the '73-'74 versions and "all" the reproductions.
    If you look at an aged one the colours have all faded out anyway.
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    OK I didn't know there was two version's
    Thanks for that you learn something new every day.

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    The colour version appears to have come in with the release of the LJ Torana (or around that time) and back to black with the HJ.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Innuendo View Post
    The colour version appears to have come in with the release of the LJ Torana (or around that time) and back to black with the HJ.
    LC had coloured badge before LJ

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valencia View Post
    LC had coloured badge before LJ
    That is true but LC is a different shaped badge (taller). HQ and LJ are the same (more or less)
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    True splitting hairs now lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Innuendo View Post
    That's the '73-'74 versions and "all" the reproductions.
    If you look at an aged one the colours have all faded out anyway.
    I disagree. I remember the '71 release well & the HQ grille badge was always multi coloured.

    Also there is only one part no. from '71 to '74, no change. GM-H always changed part numbers no matter how small the change in production.

    I think it's a bit like the FB/EK horn buttons, where they where supplied by 2 (or more) outside suppliers. They started out all the same colour, but due to different production methods & slightly different plastic compounds, they have aged differently. Now 50 years later the badges from supplier A, looks different to the ones from supplier B.

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