This is what i have seen before, only the center section fixed, the rest of the hubcap rotated... ...
Cool effect. Notice that most of the videos are of the cars moving slow. If you don't get most all of the friction out of the mechanism you'd either need to accelerate very slowly up to speed or you will see them wobble a lot until they settle down after a brisk acceleration. ****ume weighting the bottom pretty heavily is required? Been done. Make some that wipe but don't move and then you'd have something.
Chevrolet did something simililar in 1953 at the dealers. they had round advertising they would set up like this for cars on the lot. I think I have one of the signs... I have so much***** it is hard to keep track. I know I have bid on them on ebay and have pictures in my home computer. Currently there has been circular advertising for 1963 Chevrolets with power steering on ebay.. I think it is the same thing.
Search "Cap Ads" it's an outfit out of Mexico that makes kits to float all 4 hubcaps for advertising use, uses the rims for attaching . (See some of this useless***** I save does come in handy at times, please tell my wife that )
Try looking at this thread... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375978&showall=1 ...
Now don't get me wrong, I have defended floating hubcaps on this thread and also defended naked lady hubcaps on another but DAMN! It might have worked on a much plainer hubcap but on those . Paul
Looks like a lot of work to make spinners not spin, kinda reminds me of some of the oversize wheels I see, some of those don't spin either. Not really a custom look in my mind.
No update today....I had to finish painting my frame Yesterday so I can start putting it back together. The next pics should show me mounting the all-thread to the spindle and cross drilling it for the carter pin.
If the rears were exposed (i.e. no full skirt), it would look stupid to only have them on one axle. That's why I asked about putting them on a bearing and weighting the bottom.
How do you propose to actually mount them so they don't turn with the axle, that's the question... I get the weight idea, not the actual mounting itself
Im not a traditionalist. If thats yer thing, more power to ya. Personaly, I dont care for them. But like I said If you like em on yer car, cool for you!
Depending on the bolt pattern, grab some of those "cages" that used to mount wire baskets to the cheap chrome wheels. If using Mopar or small Ford pattern, the Mopars had said cage with which to secure the hubcap to the wheel. They would have been early to mid 80's era. It required a special "key" to remove the hubcap, ( anti-theft feature). Take that cage, design your mount for the hubcap where the inner race of the bearing turned with the axle, and the outer race incorporated the hubcap mount. Mount the cage, mount the hubcap with the weight to the cage, and ease on down the road. Same principle some have mentioned for a "hub odometer", as used on big rigs.
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