Late mk1 Cooper S wheel colour

[bryan]

I see a few ‘67 mk1 S’s with darkish silver wheels .
That’s correct isn’t it, or were they always OEW

[mk1]

All MK2 wheels were silver.

[bryan]

And late mk1’s?

[richardACS]

not that I'm aware - wasn't it a feature of the mk 2 at release?

[bryan]

Just thought the silver wheels had a ‘soft’ introduction on v late Mk1s. This sort of thing sometimes happens when a model change is imminent. I may well be wrong .

[mk1]

There are very few hard & fast RULES about changeovers, as can be demonstrated by MK2's with MK3 boot lids or MK3's with MK2 colour schemes. BMC / BL were a fairly rag tag operation by the late 60's and there isn't much of this sort of thing set in stone. Anyone who says otherwise is usually wrong

[bryan]

Very true. Lotus Elans as they progressed from S3’s, to S4’s and finally Sprints exhibited this soft cut off . Early Sprints were fitted with unnecessary bonnet bulge bonnets and silver wheels of S4’s presumably because they had them in stock.
I’m sounding like I have some weird obsession with silver wheels now ….

[Rusty old S]

My late August 67 S registered July 68 had 4 1/2 Silver wheels from new as I was the second owner in 1973. It was one of the last mk1s and had mk2 type rear side windows with no piano hinge.

[Peter Laidler]

I kept a close eye on the Cooper and S scene at the changeover and into the Mk3. Silver wheels were a feature of the Mk2 cars. I understand only too well about the mix or old and new during the changeovers but I never saw a late - F reg Mk1 with silver wheels. They were a feature of Mk2's I say.

[Rusty old S]

Perhaps my car had 3 1/2s when produced and was a dealer fitment to 4 1/2s in silver to get the sale but there was no heritage trace then So I was just lucky to have a mk1 S at 17 years old on L plates with mum in the passenger seat.

[bryan]

Ah! Another silver wheeled late S believer! Excellent .
Very lucky to be an insured ? 17 year old in a genuine S!!

[Rusty old S]

Family in the motor trade, 30 day cover note , new one written on expiry, agents for General Accident, if I bumped it and a claim was filed i would have been grounded , 75,000 in 4 years no claims. Happy days . PVF797F I see you back on the DVLA data base as from a few months back being asleep since 1983.

[bryan]

As you say , happy days