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Has anyone made a set of the older large diameter hubcaps (pre 67)fit on newer more common steel wheels? If so how? I thought of using some newer damaged dog dishes and epoxying them to the older hubcaps. Any ideas?

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That's exactly what I did.

PC7 epoxy and put the little 9" cap inside the 10" cap so I could run 8" Wheel Vintiqes steelies on the back of my '63.



Is the fit between the two hubcaps snug or do you need to do a lot of filling with the epoxy?
How do you mount and unmount the doubled up caps without breaking the epoxy bond?
Do you have any pics of the hubcap setup from the backside?

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You could weld on the tabs on the newer rim to make them bigger so that the older cap will catch.
That's what I'm going to try to do.
If you are looking for the older style rim in a 15" size, good luck. Took me a long time to find mine.
You can find them on 60-66 dodge half ton pickups, Mid 60's studabackers, and on some 66-67 C-bodys
And they won't work with disc brakes.

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Simple, really.

Just smear some right in the middle of the cap and carefully line up the one that sits in it to where you have an equal amount of space around the outer edge.

That PC-7 is amazing stuff and bonds like crazy!

I've had them off and on a couple of wheels and no problems yet.


Here is a pic:




Thanks for the information and the picture. Not being the sharpest knife in the drawer though, I can't figure how you pry the caps off of the wheels without breaking the bond between the inner and outer cap?

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You could weld on the tabs on the newer rim to make them bigger so that the older cap will catch.
That's what I'm going to try to do.
If you are looking for the older style rim in a 15" size, good luck. Took me a long time to find mine.
You can find them on 60-66 dodge half ton pickups, Mid 60's studabackers, and on some 66-67 C-bodys
And they won't work with disc brakes.

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I sell these ones & they DO fit fine with factory discs. I fitted one of these wheels on a '68 GTX w/factory discs several years ago. No clearance issues.

http://www.classicchambered.com/rims/a15.jpg

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You could weld on the tabs on the newer rim to make them bigger so that the older cap will catch.
That's what I'm going to try to do.
If you are looking for the older style rim in a 15" size, good luck. Took me a long time to find mine.
You can find them on 60-66 dodge half ton pickups, Mid 60's studabackers, and on some 66-67 C-bodys
And they won't work with disc brakes.

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I sell these ones & they DO fit fine with factory discs. I fitted one of these wheels on a '68 GTX w/factory discs several years ago. No clearance issues.

http://www.classicchambered.com/rims/a15.jpg

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i have a set of the mid 60's 15" big cap wheels and they won't fit the a-body disc brakes on my 65 coronet without a spacer.

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Another approach that might work well is to use spring clips like allot of earlier cars used... They are available for VW's & would probably work well for this too, just a little effort figuring out where to position the clips..

http://www.mamotorworkstv.com/vw/product/retaining-clip-rivet-set-hubcap-for-1-wheel_375591/

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i have a set of the 15x5 1/2" big cap wheels and looked around at having them widened. i thought it was cost prohibitive and didn't care for the way the work would be done. so, i played with some different ideas, including a spring steel clip, and the angle brackets was the easiest and most secure way to attach the cap. if you can do some welding the cost is very low.

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I need to try that on my '64 wagon as I want to put the dog dish caps back on it and I have the A-body style discs up front. I've got some early A100 15" wheels.

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I received my new wheels from Specialty Wheels. Outstanding and they are American made. They only have the centers for the later 9" hubcaps available. Lewto184 had a great idea on welding some spacers. After taking a very close look at original wheels however, you'll find that the "nubs" are slightly indented at the bottom. Reasoning that the older hubcaps are exactly 1" larger than the newer ones, it made sense to add 1/2" to each nub but have them undercut in order to capture the hubcap. I cut some spacers, 5/8" long from a few old 1/2" bolts and tacked them to one wheel. Perfect. The hubcap fit like factory. Did all four wheels and finish welded them. The roundness of the 1/2" stock holds the cap perfectly tight to the wheel. Attached is a picture after welding and priming.

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I received my new wheels from Specialty Wheels. Outstanding and they are American made. They only have the centers for the later 9" hubcaps available. Lewto184 had a great idea on welding some spacers. After taking a very close look at original wheels however, you'll find that the "nubs" are slightly indented at the bottom. Reasoning that the older hubcaps are exactly 1" larger than the newer ones, it made sense to add 1/2" to each nub but have them undercut in order to capture the hubcap. I cut some spacers, 5/8" long from a few old 1/2" bolts and tacked them to one wheel. Perfect. The hubcap fit like factory. Did all four wheels and finish welded them. The roundness of the 1/2" stock holds the cap perfectly tight to the wheel. Attached is a picture after welding and priming.

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Very Cool!! Those 10's or 12's?

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