Mystery Alfa plastic wheel trims

[alanm]

Hi all

I bought an Alfa 75 in Brisbane recently and these came with the car (certainly got to know the car driving it back to Melbourne but thats another post).

They were advertised on Ebay as Alfa 75 wheel trims and though they look like 75 trims they are not as they are too small. Must be 13''.

Does anyone know which model they are from? I am guessing they aren't worth much, if anything, but any advice would be gratefully accepted!

Cheers
Alan

[alanm]

Oh, sorry forgot to mention, the trims are brand new, still sealed in plastic bags.

[colcol]

 They could be off a early single carb 33, the standard fitment for the 13 inch steel were plastic flat covers that Alfa claimed better aerodynamics, but didn't look that good, and the dealers used to sell better looking wheel trims, but i havn't seen any for years, most 33 owners put 14 inch speedlines on, Colin.

[aggie57]

1990-92 Alfa 33. Standard 13 inch wheel as Colin says.

[colcol]

1983-1985 single carb 33's, after that twin carbs and alloys, Colin.

[alanm]

Okay, thats very helpful guys at least I can put them on eBay with an accurate description.
Cheers
Alan

[aggie57]

1983-1985 single carb 33's, after that twin carbs and alloys, Colin.

Not in Europe Col - steel wheels and these hubcaps on 1.3 and 1.5 33's all the way through to '92.  Also on 145's and 146's after that but of course we never got them here.

[pep105]

These wheel trims featured on the Aus spec 1.5 Boxer 4C from about 87-90 which sold
alongside the 1.7 models (carb then injected IE). As Aggie has pointed out in Europe they
were fitted to more models.

Colcol early standard 33s 85-86 had hubcaps but they were of a different design, completely flat
disc type without holes.  

[colcol]

You are right pep!, the early single carb 33's had 13 inch steel wheels with flat hub caps that were aerodynamic, not wheel trims as i stated, wheel trims cover the whole wheel, i have not seen a 33 with steel wheels for 20 years!, most of the owners put alloys on as a lot of 33's were wrecked, and wreckers had quite a few for sale, maybe the wheel trims can be sold to someone restoring a 33 to original spec, Colin.

[pep105]

Yeah they are quite rare and aerodynamic! Replacing them with alloys
is a good move 

[aggie57]

The reality is that we only got a small fraction of the Alfa range here in Australia back in those days and many of the ones we didn't get were the more mundane, mass market ones.  What we got was generally the more expensive, high spec cars.  Hence no late model juniors, no small capacity 113 or 116 series cars and none of the low end 33's.

Alan - there should be some part numbers somewhere on either the back of the trim (should be moulded in) or the packaging. There should also be a year and month of manufacturer stamped into them using something like a table with dots in it or a wheel with the year in the middle and a pointer to one of the months. That info should would point you to exactly what they are and when they were manufactured.   

[alanm]

Thanks Alister, you're quite right they must have some markings on them somewhere.
Why didn't I think of that?

Cheers
Alan