Scored some hubcaps

[poorboy]

I scored some 56 BelAir hubcaps today. What do you think yes or no?



Also scored a shortbed frame to swap out my bent one.

[WhippinSaw]

I like them, how do they snap on, Thats a lot of chrome.

[poorboy]

They just pop onto the inside lip of the rim.
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[hopped up]

i like em. but wanna see that lip of the rim in a diff color. not red!! maybe the black is more noticable in person
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[63burban]

Picky, picky, picky
These are wheel covers, hub caps cover the hub of the wheel or just the center. But, cool covers and yes painting the rims at least body color would spruce it up a bit.

[jtrichard]

Originally Posted by 63burban

Picky, picky, picky
These are wheel covers, hub caps cover the hub of the wheel or just the center. But, cool covers and yes painting the rims at least body color would spruce it up a bit.

at least i am not the only one that knows the difference between WHEEL COVERS and HUB CAPS

[jtrichard]

markebo1 is what your 60 wheels look like another guys has these and looking to see just what they are for? "Does anyone know what year these are off if. I can't see a stamping on them and bought them for my 65. They look like they have beauty rim nubs on them which I don't recognize." this is from LT1BURB in the "rim ID help needed " thread

[T Smith]

They look good to me!

[markeb01]

I like the way they look. In fact that's what came on the 1960 trucks if wheel covers were ordered, because 1956 was the last year of the standard 15" wheels. In 1957 the passenger cars went to 14", so these were the only left overs that fit on the truck wheels.

Also note those covers are designed to snap on to the special wheels made for them. 1956 Chevy passenger car wheels, Corvettes, and my 1960 GMC wheels had 4 nubs pressed into them to retain the wheel covers. They may actually stay on later model wheels with safety beads, but they may also fall off easily in service.

I can post a photo of what the correct wheel rims look like in a while, since I'm not on my own computer at the moment.

[TommyDuncan]

I'm so used to seeing them with whitewalls... but not sure how it would look on a truck.
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[TBONE1964]

Originally Posted by markeb01

I like the way they look. In fact that's what came on the 1960 trucks if wheel covers were ordered, because 1956 was the last year of the standard 15" wheels. In 1957 the passenger cars went to 14", so these were the only left overs that fit on the truck wheels.

Also note those covers are designed to snap on to the special wheels made for them. 1956 Chevy passenger car wheels, Corvettes, and my 1960 GMC wheels had 4 nubs pressed into them to retain the wheel covers. They may actually stay on later model wheels with safety beads, but they may also fall off easily in service.

I can post a photo of what the correct wheel rims look like in a while, since I'm not on my own computer at the moment.

That is very true. I had a 55 Chevy passenger car with the very same caps. 56's are the same with the exception of the colors. I think if I remember correctly, 55 was white and 56 was black. I could not find 2 of the correct wheels for mine so I used a mig and weld on the nubs on the wheels in the right spot and finish ground them to get a good tight fit.

I think those wheel covers look really cool on that truck.

[ol_skool_chevy]

Cool man.............I like them

[1963c-10]

I think they look good. The nice option is that you have plenty of places where you can tape and paint in and really make them pop. I also agree as stated above that some white walls would really make them pop.

[ol_skool_chevy]

Ya gotta love the full hub cap look, Very few guys do it but I love it

[ol_skool_chevy]

difference between WHEEL COVERS and HUB CAPS...............oh please.

[aerotruk63]

Link to a thread on the subject.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=3974828

[61_FL_Apache]

Full caps are nice if you have ugly rims to cover up

Looks great!!