early 1600 hubcaps in brochure... anyone running these?

[malagalaga]

I don't recall having seen these before... anyone have a set? Were they actually put into production? Looks like they are dog dishes with a unique inner trim ring.

[Kpeters]

Interesting I don't even see them on the cat.

[eastsidebimmer]

They look like solid disk trim rings with the standard 1600 dogdish. Maybe stainless instead of aluminum?

IIRC, something similar was used on the early NK cars?

[c.d.iesel]

[eastsidebimmer]

Here they are as shown in the March 11, 1966 issue of Autocar. They are completely different from the all anodized versions shown in CD's post above and somewhat similar in concept to the rings that were anodized/frosted that came on early 68 2002 models...I've never seen these before on an actual car. They might have been pre-production items.

[malagalaga]

These look different than the ones in the brochure image I posted. But I wouldn't be surprised if both were pre-production... those two white cars might even be the same vehicles with different wheels.

Here they are as shown in the March 11, 1966 issue of Autocar. They are completely different from the all anodized versions shown in CD's post above and somewhat similar in concept to the rings that were anodized/frosted that came on early 68 2002 models...I've never seen these before on an actual car. They might have been pre-production items.

[eastsidebimmer]

These look different than the ones in the brochure image I posted. But I wouldn't be surprised if both were pre-production... those two white cars might even be the same vehicles with different wheels.

I thought the same thing, but the configuration of 4 sets of 2 long rounded rectangles together separated by a "spoke/bump" in the ring looks like it might be the same. Very hard to tell on the old advert scan out of a book I had. Mike Self, please chime in!

I'll take a reference picture of the two style of rings I have on hand a post a pic later.

[malagalaga]

These look different than the ones in the brochure image I posted. But I wouldn't be surprised if both were pre-production... those two white cars might even be the same vehicles with different wheels.

I thought the same thing, but the configuration of 4 sets of 2 long rounded rectangles together separated by a "spoke/bump" in the ring looks like it might be the same. Very hard to tell on the old advert scan out of a book I had. Mike Self, please chime in!

I'll take a reference picture of the two style of rings I have on hand a post a pic later.

Ah, you might be right... the spoke/bump sections are hard to see in the photo I posted. They looked more like a solid dish with no vents in my photo, but I think I see the holes now.

Wonder if they were used on NKs?

[Slavs]

Very, Very early 1600 (1966). Notice the lack of rocker trim. The rockers were painted black. Also notice the 1600 badge on the dash in the car featured in the article.

Slavs

[c.d.iesel]

not Neue Klasse because they are all 14" and different style

more 1600(02) 'pre production' hub caps

Frankfurt auto show 1967 :

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[eastsidebimmer]

CD: Those oddball rings on the cabriolet above made it into the marketplace at some point...here they are installed on my 1600.

[Mike Self]

the Autocar road tests on either and early 1602 or an NK car--and the NKs all used 14" wheels, so they'd be different anyway.

The earliest 1600s I remember were leftover 6v 67's at Ralph Shomp BMW in Denver in late 1967...they came with the plain dog-dish hubcaps, and the square slot aluminum trim rings were (probably) a dealer-installed option. Early '68 2002s had two piece wheel covers--center hubcaps with a trim ring containing oval slots. From a distance they looked exactly like the one-piece wheel covers used on the later 68s and all 69s, complete with the frosted silver paint vs shiny stainless steel.

Bottom line--have no idea about those pictured trim rings but has been pointed out, they may be prototypes, or examples furnished by a trim manufacturer trying to get business from BMW...

cheers

mike

[malagalaga]

CD: Those oddball rings on the cabriolet above made it into the marketplace at some point...here they are installed on my 1600.

Those are gorgeous on your car. I'm so jealous!

Mike, thanks for the tidbits. Sounds like they were probably preproduction units used for publicity shoots and that's it. Too bad!

[eastsidebimmer]

--Early, 2002 specific dogdish cap and frosted trim ring (silver painted areas over anodized aluminum) (cap should be painted silver on top only, sides left polished "chrome")

--Early 1600 dogdish cap and trapezoid-ish trim ring (anodized aluminum)

--Standard late 2002/1600 full wheelcover

[eastsidebimmer]

Yet another style as shown on SamAdams' new 1600: