RE: wheels and hubcaps

[Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm pretty sure the year that Mopar went from the 10" dog dish cap to the smaller 9 1/4" cap was 1966, at least in the 14" wheel. I've seen some 1966 cars like Hemis and station wagons that had an optional 15" wheel that were using the larger 1965 dog dish caps. The 15" wheels with the larger center were common on 2 wheel drive pickups and A-100's. I'm not sure what year the trucks changed but they may have still been using the larger center up until the late 60's or early 70's.

Dan



-----Original Message-----
From: Gary H. [mailto:spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 9:09 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: wheels and hubcaps


The early 1960's Mopar dog dish hubcaps fit the early steel wheels that have the wider raised area so the hubcaps will fit on. The later 1960's wheels/dog dish caps are different. I don't remember the actual year cut off that the wheels / caps changed. Someone else may know. Finding those 15 inch truck wheels may not be easy, I suspect. Another tactic people use is to have one of the specialty wheel companies (Stockton Wheel, True Design Wheel etc.) that take the raised section of your 1965 wheels off and put them on later years -- and easy to find -- 15 inch 4.5 bolt pattern Mopar steel wheels. They can make the wheels as wide as you want at the same time. There are some wheel vendors listed in the "Wheels - Tires" section of the Vendor's Page:
http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/restoration-sources.html

Thanks,
Gary H.  
    


-----Original Message-----
>From: John Sanders  
>
>I am looking for a set of dogdish poverty hubcaps for my '65 Coronet. I have 
>been told that 65, 66, and 67 are the same part. Can anybody tell me if that is 
>correct? I also need to find some 15X5.5 or 15X6 stock steel wheels with a 4 
>1/2" bolt pattern that will accept the '65 poverty hubcaps. I understand that 
>some dodge pickups and vans were so equipped. Anybody know for sure what years I 
>need to watch for?
>


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