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Those hubcaps are available reproduction aren't they?

Tav


Someone was advertising repros a while back (maybe BE&A?), they weren't cheap, over $300 a set IIRC. I never have seen any in person to see how good they are.
For such a widely used part those dogdish caps are sure hard to find, at least if you are trying to find mint or NOS. When I started compiling a list back in the late 90's of parts I needed to restore my T/A, I thought the caps would be one of the easiest parts to find. 10 years later I have probably bought over a dozen, including some NOS, and I am not sure if I have 4 that are good enough to use! They are aluminum and get dinged and scratched very easily. And if they do get any flaws, they really can't be restored.
I even bought a couple NOS in the box ones a while back that when I got them, I found they were damaged!
On the other hand, a set of properly date coded '450 wheels were one of the first things I acquired when I started my parts hunt, and I thought those were going to be some of the hardest parts on my list to find.
Update: after I posted I checked B/E and A's website and they do have red circle dog dish hubcaps for $325 a set. However, they are the stainless steel version, which look pretty much the same as aluminum. But they don't have the aluminum version, which came out sometime in early 1970 I believe, and was the material used from then on.

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