chrome side wheelarch sill trim

[captain]

Hi all can anyone clarify please if the chrome trim on the wheelarch, on a 1960 mk1 mini minor deluxe is the plain standard flat trim ? or the fluted type ? and what type is the easiest to fit, as it seems to be costing me a fortune fitting these without damaging them.

[bill773mini]

Flat plain plastic trim on a 60 and it's by far the easiest to fit too.

[surfblue63]

Surely a 1960 DeLuxe would have had the six piece fluted stainless trim.

[Old English White]

My own early deluxe (many years ago) certainly had the plain version of the plastic "chrome" trim. My impression was that the stainless steel trims were introduced along with the Cooper/Super?

[surfblue63]

This 59 has painted steel ridged trim, hence why I suggest that the delux of the same era would have ridged stainless.

[Old English White]

I believe the car shown is a "basic" model and that the painted trim (also fitted to early vans) is correct. I still think the "deluxe" of the period had the plain silver plastic trim.