old vintage car badge !

[bainsey]

Hi all, went out this morning for a couple of hours on my deep pasture permission. I was using the XP adx250 again ( still getting used to it!)

There was not too many interesting finds really but I did get a lovely old vintage car grille badge.

I would love and id of which model it is from, obviously it's from an old riley but which one ?

I made a video of finding it which you can watch by clicking below
https://youtu.be/9uXGxPmzRug

 

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[Old Dude]

Hmmm....never even heard of a Riley. I would imagine someone restoring one might pay some bucks for that one.

 

[wheatfinder13]

That's a really cool old find. I would bet its from the 20s or so

 

[stefen]

Looks like its stainless steel as opposed to chrome-plated brass. That may help date the badge to the 1930's or so. (Just a guess)

There is a Riley Motor Club in the UK that would provide the model (s) and year of manufacture.

Also might check with BMW who now owns the marque name and patents...

I know that there was a Riley Tourer in the late 30's to early 40's that looked similar to the MGTA - MGTC models...

 

[thrifty76now]

Neat find. Now who can research that manufacturer ? That really came up in awesome condition.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice older car badge. I found one a few years back that was from a "Hudson".

 

[bainsey]

Thanks for the comments everyone! I think it has been id now as a grille badge from a Riley Austin from the 1930's I'm very happy with it