Sorry son...
Well actually quite glad really

I'll let you know when I see another....

(No point in pulicising the fact there is one on eBay when you want to buy it? Eh?)

absolutely, like shooting yourself in the foot


I have a SSVOC replica on my wardrobe, but a nice original is due for the rear cargo door i thinks....i`m sure 1 will crop up in time...mine was a playfull bid , happy if i`d won at that price but not fussed if i missed out

type21f wrote:My '65 Caravette has a plastic woven type of label attached to the rear RH cargo door with four rivets, one in each corner. The badge has a sort of reflective shimmer effect but it is OG and the paint on the door has faded etc and the metal around the rivets has rusted.
I'll post a picture
it is like one of those pictures you can't make out unless the light is at an obliique angle (+ it is 44 years old)

Exactly the same badge that our 67 Spaceway has on the tailgate, attached in the same way. Like yours ours is faded but still 'readable'

I knew it would be you who snaffled that Devon badge off eBay

snaffle..snaffle...snaffle
Not the only thing I have acquired recently....Mk 1 & Mk2 brochure and a Mk3 Devon brochure...

EDIT have also found my 1963 Devonette brochure...
I am aware that four now exist...at least...I have two!
I just wanted to buy one!

I've got a 67 Devon Camper and the only badge mine has ever had is this one, on the wardrobe (LOL)

So i was never that pleased with my Devon badge so had a new one made up, and i'm well pleased with the result...here's 3 replica's: 1st is lightweight alloy that i got a while back, then a low detail metal, and the 3rd is good detail and quality metal just made (cast off an original). Got a few of these (3rd one) spare, so if anyone wants one just ask and yee shall receive (once you paypal me 45 sqid ) Deals on whale pump welcome





A ratty original sold for 100 quid recently on ebay


Another pic,

Who'd be mad enough to pay 100 quid for a badge, must be some kind of idiot

The original is slightly sharper in detail than the repro but it looks pretty good.

Bathtub57 wrote:Who'd be mad enough to pay 100 quid for a badge, must be some kind of idiot

The original is slightly sharper in detail than the repro but it looks pretty good.

So you were the mystery buyer tubb? I knew it must have been a hard-core member of D.I.C.S.

I would have paid good money for an orig, just couldn't find one, but reckon i've got the next best thing.... after a mega-buck resto you really want something of reasonable quality hanging off the side to tell the world what it is
BTW check out the tailgate in this 67 viewtopic.php?f=8&t=72377 a custom touch or factory standard?

65DEVY wrote:after a mega-buck resto you really want something of reasonable quality hanging off the side to tell the world what it is

My sentiments exactly. In fact I ended up with 2, the other cost 15 quid but isn't quite as good, but I cost averaged my purchase price and have a spare for the next one

I think with incomplete interiors going for over a grand now and ropey vans at the 10k mark good Devon parts are only going to increase in price and value as we all look for the one missing part to complete our projects.

maddison wrote:i think the back cargo is deffo the correct place

My early '63 had the badge on the front cargo door. It was fixed with spring clips (similar to those used to fix the radio blank panel) on the two pins and fairly copious beige or white putty between the plate and door face. The putty looked simiar to glazing putty but it was still semi flexible when I removed it 40 years after install.

My 1964 Devon has the badge on the front cargo door as it was fitted origonally, and the small woven effect badge on the inside of the front passenger door just as it came out of the Devon factory, the large cargo door badge seemed to change doors sometime in 1965. My friends origonal 1967 has no badging on the cargo doors but a woven badge on the tailgate. but it seemed to be fitted after mid 1965 wherever the fitter felt like putting it. I remember having the same discussion back in 1990 and the above possitioning was of general agreement

Bathtub57 wrote:

65DEVY wrote:after a mega-buck resto you really want something of reasonable quality hanging off the side to tell the world what it is

My sentiments exactly. In fact I ended up with 2, the other cost 15 quid but isn't quite as good, but I cost averaged my purchase price and have a spare for the next one

I think with incomplete interiors going for over a grand now and ropey vans at the 10k mark good Devon parts are only going to increase in price and value as we all look for the one missing part to complete our projects.

good to know....I need to fit my badge on my 64 and cant find any remenants of original holes ? even tho the doors are original....i`ll re-investigate the front cargo

Anyone know when they were first fitted?
We all agree that the badges were fitted till 1967...but attached to the rear hatch at the end of splitty Devons..

But earliest fitment? 1960 adverts appear to show them?

A67MAN's 1958 has one and Doogle do you have one?

Yes mine does have one and so does the Sumpters 58 picture below
My 67 Torvette also pictured would have had a plastic (like the internal ones) riveted on the rear hatch but I never found one...most I have seen have faded

Anyone seen a Devonette?