Customs Can anyone ID these hubcaps?

This thing has got to be my favorite custom ever...

Does anyone know what these hubcaps are?


Picture from rikster's site...

I wonder if it has 15 or 16 inch wheels.

 

Aren't those caps with trim rings???? I don't think they're one piece....

 

Box I got mine from said CAL-VAN on it

 

wow... that car is gorgeous.

Are they for 16 inch wheels?

 

Whatever they are, i really wanna find a set

 

Very much like Dodge Desoto and Plymouth from early 5o's. I got a set of Desoto that where painted white on the outer ring. Got two more that are all stainless.. They do say the car name in the middle however. $.02's

 

I think there aftermarket
Mine are 16" chrome steel not stainless

 

Ditto to the 50's Chrysler/Desoto.

Bill

 

The caps on the Packard are NOS I took them outta a old box that said "CAL-VAN, Hollywood, Calif" They are 16 inch

 

I came across them once on ebay.. should have bought them, they went for less than $50.-
I cant remember what they where listed as... but they are aftermarket custom pieces.
If you look for other Valley Custom cars you will find out these where the favorite hubcaps for Neil and Clayton, they used them on a lot of there customs




Also the hubcap in the center left looks a lot like it... The scan is a bit blurry so I'm not sure.

This is a scan of the 1954 Eastern Auto Catalog... (Scan by Custom Cory)

 

Cal-Van or Shore-Calnevar......Accessory caps that were available at many stores like
Western Auto in those days

 

Night Prowlers have them listed at $90.00 for a set of four and $50.00 for a pair, look for Full Moons.
http://www.thenightprowlers.com/

 

Those are different, than the once used on the Valley Custom car.
The Night Prowler caps are smooth, while the old hubcaps had a lip inside... much more atractive!...

 

Are these the same?

 

Aftermarket, always called them "Full Moons" been around since the 40s!

 

I had a set of those ahile back, 1 piece Full Moon style.

They are NOT MoPar of any vintage, They are an old aftermarket cap.

I found mine in an Old guys Garage here in town, They had a uniform coat of rust & needed to be re-chromed.

Traded them to a friend & he Powder coated a set of 4 '36-'39 wheels for my Daughters Roadster for them.. He just HAD to own them !!

 

Definitely old aftermarket; early '50s. They were available in both 15" and 16", and were just known as "Moons" in my area (before Moon spun aluminum discs appeared). I know they're currently available; places like Night Prowlers are a good bet.

 

I have another set that are 16s and aluminum somewhere in this mess

 

Hey bluto, we should do some horsetrading if you find that other set

I've got all kinds of wierd stuff you might like

 

No, but there nice!

 

Back to the top

 

I know they used to sell lots of Cal Van parts at Kragen's and Scherba's auto parts stores in the '70s and probably earlier. Mostly dress up chrome stuff made in Taiwan.

 

Nice Caps but check out the headlights on the upper deck between the sedan and the orange coupe!

 

Nothin' gets past you does it, ****'s Beaters? Those do look to be D&D Deluxe

 

Anyone else have a set? Or pictures of some?

 

Anyone have one that I could borrow, and use to make a couple sets?

 

These look like a set of '56 Plymouth caps I had bid on a few weeks back.

 

I was just informed by John Williamson, that those hubcaps from the initial post where aftermarket parts designed and produced by George DuVall.

 

These are the ones I talked to you about at Iola, but it doesn't look like they're the same ones. They're different from the Night Prowlers ones, these have a pronounced lip around the edge, but they don't have the rib in the center like the ones you're looking for do.

Plus, someone drilled them for Lancer centers and the one got smushed. How hard would it be to add that center rib to a flat one? Keeping it straight on a bead roller might be tough.

 

Anyone else got any leads?

I HAVE to find a set of these...