Hubcaps

[Bryan]

I'm a hubcap over wheels guy and I have always been a fan of spinner caps on 50's and 60's cars. These are the hubcaps I am going to go with as soon as I get a complete set of good ones (got two right now). They are 64 Dodge. I'm not really worried about little sister's Fratzog being on the spinners. What do you all think?



Third Picture is what I have been running.

 

[68Nwprt]

I like em. Spinners are cool. Great looking Newport BTW.

 

[polara71]

excellent choice. .. . . I like caps over wheels on certain cars with certain caps....... these wheel covers look good on your car

 

[rexus31]

Do you have the original caps with the plastic inserts?

 

[Bryan]

No, when I bought the car it had 70's era Pontiac caps on it. They looked OK, but didn't fit right because of the ring on the outside that overlaps the outer edge of the wheel. I am not worried about not having the original caps. The 65-66 Chrysler caps are about my least favorite of the lot. My favorite are the 67 Charger caps, but they are too deep for the 65 wheels.

 

[rexus31]

After looking at the stock Newport caps, I'll have to agree. I thought they were the same as the 300 and New Yorker, only with different inserts. Not the case.

Newport Hubcap:


The New Yorker and the 300 share the same rings but have different plastic inserts:
New Yorker Hubcap:


The 300 Hubcap:

 

[polara71]

Look at that, something as simple as a wheel cover are that different..... for different models.

 

[detmatt]

The good old days, absolutely!