Kick plates

Post by **Peetee** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:00 pm

I see so many cars with siver/grey kick plates I'm now loosing the plot. They are supposed to be body colour aren't they?

Post by **Chris Morley** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:03 pm

I believe that an option of stainless steel kickplates & finisher were available from new in the 1960s (possibly only with de-luxe cars?). However the standard cars were mild steel & body coloured.

Post by **Peetee** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:22 pm

Cheers Chris.

Post by **Cam** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:46 pm

Hang on! I thought they were supposed to be silver coloured. **dashes off to find reference books**

Definately silver coloured. All the original and concours cars I have piccies of have silver (or stainless) covers. No body coloured ones.

Post by **andrewsxt** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:52 pm

My trav have silver.

Post by **Vernon** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:01 pm

It is just the finishers that are body coloured, not the kick plates.

Post by **Peetee** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:02 pm

Woahhhhh - my heads in a spin now!

Post by **Chris Morley** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:02 pm

I've had a look through a couple of books & Cam may be right. Certainly some of the restored cars have silver covers (although the sill finishers are body coloured). Problem is that are very few colour photos from the 50s & 60s where the door is open and the sill cover is clearly shown. I'll agree that the majority of cars in 'Original Morris Minor' have silver covers as do my traveller & 4 door. However there was no trace of silver on my 2-door car when I replaced the rotten o/s cover a few years back - athough there's no guarantee that was an original anyway!

Post by **Cam** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:03 pm

Yes, body coloured finishers and grey kick plates. The stainless versions of either were options or aftermarket items I think.

Post by **Onne** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:38 pm

what about the MM? what colour should that be, and is there a paint code for it?

Post by **Peetee** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:51 pm

Well I intend to incur the wrath of Issigonis' ghost and paint mine traffy blue cos the present grey looks cheap and tacky.

Post by **chickenjohn** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:17 pm

They are painted silver on both my cars, a simmilar shade of silver to the late cars wheels, in fact thats what I'll do, get a litre of dark silver to do the kick plates and wheels, when I've run out of other more pressing resto items.............

Post by **Cam** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:51 pm

Onne, the MM is the same as the later cars. Or to be correct, the later cars are the same as the MM!

Not sure of the paint code for the silver though. Bill might know. Here is a picture of OJO's interior and you can JUST see the tops of the silver kickplates:

http://potteries.mmoc.org.uk/RallyPics/ ... 004_15.JPG

Post by **Onne** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:02 pm

well thank you mr Cam. So I'll have to buy myself a tin of silver as well...

It is a multi coloured car, an MM. Gold here, silver there, chrome here... the list goes on

Post by **Cam** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:18 pm

Yes, but it IS lovely though.

Post by **Judge** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:15 am

Cam wrote:Not sure of the paint code for the silver though. Bill might know. Here is a picture of OJO's interior and you can JUST see the tops of the silver kickplates:

The kick plates on the original MM's such as OJO were made of aluminium, and I believe that this was the reason for using a silver finish on later steel versions. Hope this helps.

Post by **Cam** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:53 pm

Bill, do you know if ALL the MMs had the aluminium plates? Or when they changed over to steel?

Post by **Onne** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:33 pm

I am going to check ine1 they don't have any rust on them whatsoever, so maybe someone painted the ally panel!

Ohh the excitement is killing me!

Post by **bigginger** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:53 pm

Don't forget your magnet!

Post by **Onne** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:55 pm

what will that tell me? or isn't ally magnetic?