Guys

Just purchasing a set of contessa's and will need some caps... What diameter hole is in the wheel and how do they locate?
Thanks

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

Contessas were sold under ROH brand and some others.
ROH ones push in from the front.
Some others (eg Cheviot) were held on with 4 little screws.
I also have one that is recessed in the back, the cap was flanged and pushed in from behind.

All 3 of these wheels have different diameter bores. But the casting is the same.

Here's what original early ROH ones looked like, there were also later design ones, and some with Leyland on them.
I had this set but sold them a while ago.



[edit] I have 3x Cheviot Contessa caps here, for sale if you want.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

in this ebay advert is the 3 ROH ones that i know of... including3x of the original genuine leyland center caps

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5-Mini-ROH-Contessa-wheels-Cooper-S-Clubman-Moke-/261153427518?pt=Caravan_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3ccdf5103e

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Sorry for the thread hijack.

I have a set of Chevoit's version of Contessa's. They have a different cap to the one shown by the doc - it's fluted and is pushed in from the front (sort of like the lonely one in Matt's pic).

Doc - are you saying they are all the same casting? I need some new wheel nuts, so what size do I order?

Once again - sorry for the hijack Blunder.

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Justin

Well the common `Mini offset' ones were sold under a few brands as said and that casting is common. However the NOS one I have here with the bigger hole is this same offset and spoke shape, but slight difference in the external machining of the well.
The `LS or SS? offset' ones fitted by Leyland are different to above, but these were not ever sold as aftermarket wheels AFAIK.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I went through my paint cans when I was 17 on my first mini, and other aerosole cans and found lids that fitted in from the back off the hole, bit of silicone on them and little 20 cent piece size gear knob centre and had made a wicked set of unique centres

sometime the cheap and original ideas are better

lids free, gear knobs badges $2 each set of centres for $8 beat that

Monte

As I recall There are two caps fitted to the wheel most of us call the contessa,
65mm and 67mm pushed in from the front of wheel
As memory serves me they were originally called Contesta

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

By the way would give both my nuts and a years wage for this mini if anyone knows of it

Burgundy Red,
Mini Deluxe
YMA 2S3 Body Number 31684

Yes Burgundy Red not Special Burgundy