Technical 56 Olds spinners with dimples?

I'd guess someone accidentally dented a couple. Then to make it look good they dented all of them uniform to improve appearance and make look like on purpose. I'd run them

 

That's what I first thought until closer exam... they would have to remove fingersets (impossible without dmg) and the spacing is deadnuts on. IDK

 

J C Whitney or Honest Chuck is my bet!

 

You may be correct, I suppose years ago they made this sort of product that would rival o.e. quality. They are really nice quality. Thanks for the reply

 

I am not so sure those are aftermarket, being they appear to be stainless and have the oldsmobile Saturn motif on them. My guess is some clever/bored customizer added those to some original Olds caps.

 

Yeah the JC Whitney versions had a different logo

 

I'll have to agree, The quality is o.e. . They have a drop set 2nd wall behind the dimples for the fingers. Been watching the history channel and I think maybe they might have been the product of extraterrestrial knowledge thanks!

 

I'm with Squablow on this. Might have been made for some high end custom show car of the '50's.

 

I'd totally rock them

 

I'm with @Squablow as well.

When I had my old '51 Ford in high school in 1958-60, I would have killed for a set of those. Now, I still have a '51 Ford, but those would go in the swap meet pile.

 

Oh they're gonna rock & roll, right down the road. Interesting story of your daughter, I drove a 52 deluxe cab Chevy truck all during my 2 daughter's childhood here in Hot Springs Ar. I put a booster seat in the middle for my youngest and always told her that the windshield split bar was gonna cause her to be crosseyed, she rode with her head turned...poor kid

 

Yeah my step daughter is also from a "springs" in Arkansas lol. Though she's from Heber springs

 

I believe they are original hubcaps but they have been screwed up by a moron, this is a original '56 hubcap.



This is an aftermarket J.C. Whitney '56 Olds knock off. HRP

 

There was actually a much closer jcWhitney knockoff that I've come across online a few times recently. Looks neat identical to oe aside from zero satin finish and the shape of the ring on the logo. I'll see if I can find a pic

 

Not the one I was thinking of but
An example

 

Uhh. I think the bottom picture is a '55 Olds Fiesta. I also think it may be a genuine Olds cap in really bad condition. Generally, repop caps lack any kind of detail. while this one represents the North and South American continents pretty well. The picture is not that good, and it's been a long time, but that's my take.

EDIT : After a little looking around, that is a reproduction of a '53-'55 Oldsmobile Fiesta wheel cover. The real ones have a shield emblem in the middle, not a planet. The rest of it is pretty close.

 

Real ones were stainless steel, so if it has rust, it's a fake.

 

Less chance of rust with stainless, but stainless steal is susceptible to rust as well.

 

I'd like to see the back sides of the dimpled ones to get a better idea of why that would be difficult to do.

 

Will do.

 

This is what I was talking about

 

Based on that, I think this was done with a can opener. The long curved tip goes in between the two panels and you pry up until it makes the little dimple. I saw a saxophone (or some other very similar wind instrument) done the exact same way years ago when I rented the front of my shop to a friend who fixed band instruments. I wish I had a picture, it gave a nearly identical effect.