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M Hub Caps, High Dome or Flater Dome for years?
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:05 am
by whyperion
I appear to have a assortment of alloy hub caps and steel plated hubcaps, which have a variety of doom heights. Did the specification for Minors change over the years. I somewhat assume that alloy flatter ones look better on DeLuxe 948 era models, with the steel ones and greater doming later 1098s. Am I correct.
I will try to show photos at some time
Re: M Hub Caps, High Dome or Flater Dome for years?
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:49 pm
by mike.perry
There were the following types of hubcaps
Series MM 1948-51 Chrome, Plain, Small Diameter
Series MM 1951 Painted, Plain, Small Diameter
Series MM/II 1951-4 Chrome, M Motif, Small Diameter
Series II-1000 1955-71 Chrome, M Motif, Large Diameter
LCV 1953-71 Chrome, Plain, Large Diameter
As far as I am aware, stainless are reproduction and any variation in dome size for a particular size hubcap is down to variations in reproductions. I have found that there is a noticable variation in diameters for supposedly the same hubcap
Re: M Hub Caps, High Dome or Flater Dome for years?
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:37 am
by ManyMinors
Stainless steel hubcaps were certainly factory fitted to some Minor 1000s. I can't tell you when changes took place but our 1961 Minor 1000 traveller had stainless steel hubcaps from new and a 1967 one had chrome plated ones. In a similar way, the material for the grille surround trim mouldings changed at some stage - on some cars this was alloy and on others it was chrome plated brass. There were many many such changes during production.