NANKET,

I have two sets of wheels, one from a 67 Belvedere I wagon, another from a 67 Hemi GTX. None of them have the nubs as in your photos. I had not previously seen any examples with the nubs on any 67 B-body so your pics got me curious and I did some further digging. I contacted a friend with several original cars, he claims that some have the nubs, and some don't, he's going to get me some pics that I can post so we can hopefully get to the bottom of this. I can only assume that there were multiple vendors or variables between plants. All of my originals have been either St.Louis, or Los Angeles plant cars and none of mine are KH wheels (which is why I asked several times on this thread about the vendor markings). Also, the early examples I have (November 1966 SPD, St. Louis) have no date codes, the later set I have (April 1967 SPD Los Angeles) have date code stampings.

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Scott,

I learned something new today - I had heard years ago that the two little "nubs" by the valve stem hole was created by the machine that grabbed the wheel and punched the hole for the valve stem. How do they work for hub cap retention??? You would think they spaced farther apart and maybe more of them - or am I not seeing something??

Jim

Noo Jim, you arent missing anything, I just didnt describe it very well. They are not wheel cover retention lugs, I just thought they were (I am viewing these pics on my cell phone and mistook them for another similar type Ive seen on C-body wheels). Your assesment is likely correct.