If I understand correctly, the Plus Four is only made with one type of hubs, for bolt on wheels. And if you want to mount a central locking wheel you have to mount an additional adapter plate like in this picture below? And MMC was not able to buy adapters that have no play or the correct bolt diameter?
So if only hubs for aluminium bolt on wheels are used in production, then it has the disadvantage that for centre lock wheels additional unsprung weight is the price unlike "real" centre lock hubs on the traditional Morgan which are even lighter than the bolt on hubs for trad. Morgans. (I know this because my workshop had both types of hubs on the weight scale when I had problems with the Minilite wheels on my Plus4 Super Sport 10 years ago). But it has the advantage that the whole thing can be simply unscrewed if you prefer to ride aluminium wheels later without having to change the hub?

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Sorry if I got a bit excited earlier, but if I were in the market I would definitely buy the Plus Four with bolt on alloy wheels under these circumstances. It used to be form follows function, now it seems form follows fashion. And if the spoked wheel look is not so dramatically important, I would ask MMC to take the wheels back and fit aluminium wheels...and have the surcharge refunded. BTW I personally like the new alloy wheels very much but that is of course not important to this thread with the exception that also the clonk is easily cured.

Last edited by Heinz; 31/08/21 10:32 PM.
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