Here's a quick guide to the different types of mats from what I've seen in cars:
850Rough/crinkle textured
- Early: dark rubber with light grey speckle (as per winabbey's example)
- Later: dark rubber (slightly different shade), no speckle (
Wheels said in 1964 "...it is now heavier and smoother, very unlike its speckled predecessor, which we remember once describing as "unborn perentie lizard hide.")
DeluxeSmooth coloured finish, available in blue, red, green and doeskin/yellow (and maybe black?)
- Early: with Morris emblem as winabbey identified
- Later: Morris emblem deleted
Clubman - similar to Mini K?
- Similar to the coloured Deluxe mats, but with more of a patterned texture. Clubman available in new colours
Have tracked down some sample photos from the forum below (original thread link below photos):
Early 850 (speckle):
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50616&start=45Early Deluxe mat:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=65031Later Deluxe/Matic mat:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50616Mini Clubman mat:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=78772In regards to remaking, someone came up to me in recent times when I had an 850 on display and said they were making good progress on reproducing an 850 mat. I think they were from All Car Carpets, but can't recall for certain.
Thanks,
Evan