Morris Minor Owners Club

I have got standard Sprite wheels on the front of my Minor and wider wheels but with the same rivits that hold the hubcaps on the rear, had a shock when I tried fitting the Minor hubcaps on too big........
Genuine Sprite caps are expensive, any one know of any other hubcaps that will fit, old mini etc...thanks.

Surely better to have same size wheels front and rear.....

Thanks for the tip, got my eye on these, same diameter and identical centres as the front but one inch wider with 165x13 tyres, not banded just old.

A piece of useless information taken from BMC Special Tuning sheet C-AKD 5097 for the Midget and Sprite 948cc & 1098cc

165 x 13 tyre does 892 revs per mile.

145 x 14 tyre does 892 revs per mile.

So even having the different wheels/tyres the tyre revs per mile for the Minor/Sprite/Midget can be the same.

Same hubcaps (same wheels really) on Austin A30/35/A40 Farina etc.

The wheels on a Sprite are not quite the same as a A35/A40 as the thickness of the metal comprising the centre of the wheel is marginally thicker on the Sprite; and some of the wheels fitted to Sprites had ventilation holes around the outer part of the centre.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Healey ... 4ae62d9aa3

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Are these the wheels? The Series MM hubcaps fit.

Why have you not lined the holes up with the adjustment holes in the drums ??? That's what they are there for! Very handy on rallies for a quick tweak up of the adjustment....

The wheels on the blue Minor are the same as my rear wheels, however I'm beginning to think I was actully sold A40 wheels on the front as they don't have those round hole's to adjust the brakes, if so would 155 tyres be safe as I don't have tube's fitted.

The stronger Sprite disk wheels without the vent perforations were supplied under Pt No: AHA6455.

A40 Farina wheel:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-A40-Fa ... 43d925dfbf

bmcecosse wrote:Why have you not lined the holes up with the adjustment holes in the drums ??? That's what they are there for! Very handy on rallies for a quick tweak up of the adjustment....

If you knew anything about these wheels you would know that the adjuster holes do not line up with Wolseley brake drums

Well obviously - I don't! (I did think they looked a bit far apart..) But they are intended to line up with adjuster holes on whatever car they were intended for! Otherwise - no point in them being there.....
Oh - and I'll start to criticise all your many wrong posts from now on too......

I thought you never let forums get personal BMC?