Customs Finally starting on the wife’s 56

So do I!

 

She’s a hard sell on changes.
The hood bird took a while but when she seen the smaller emblem on the hood she dug it.
When she seen it she said the other crap on the hood needs to go
( yea!!!)
Now I’m working on losing the rear door trim.
I showed her some Lincoln push buttons and she didn’t say no.
She went to the beach with friends on a weekend once. Came back home and all the emblems was shaved, roll pan added and a slight drop on her SUV. She was one more day away from having the handles shaved.

the wheels or hubcaps took a minute. When I got a set of full caps on the car she hated em

She recently decided (maybe humoring me) on steel wheels with rings and spider ish caps (she ordered push thru caps today)and supremes.

slowly floating tuck and roll int

 

$95ish close out 15x7 series 62 wheel
$13 ish push thru cap from Amazon for trailers (there’s a cheaper one but measurements said it would need the center hole clearanced)
$15 each NOS Cal Custom spider rings and $1 each old stock (no a great deal but cheaper than Amazon) lug nuts both from Rocco and Cheaters

 

I bought a bunch of the bullet style lugnuts when Holley was having a clearance sale recently. If you need a set of those, I could likely hook you up.

 

Hmmmmmmmmm
7/16 - 20?

when I was at Rocco and Cheaters last Saturday they had some stainless bullet lug nut covers and something I’ve never seen. 2 bar mini spinner knock off style lug nut covers. I might get some next trip for grins and giggles

 

Pretty sure I bought some 7/16-20. I’ll look and let you know.

 

Sharp looking wheel.

 

Do they come with a very tiny rubber mallet?

-rick

 

To bad it say’s “All Cars But Chevrolet”.

 

That’s them. They had a small box full of em

 

Got the skirts in. Traded the aftermarket hood emblem and got these and some boot.
Just a quick test fit. Got to loosen up the hardware.

I guess they’re original. Uses a flat head bolt to wedge em on instead of a lever.
I’ll work a little magic on em like I did on these for a 59

 

Wheel offsets work

The skirt will be close on the cap. Clears the OT front binders
White or blue wherls?
Leaning towards blue

 

Do the centers white and the hoops blue.

 

I think I'd go white with the wheels, as an accent. I think the blue will get visually lost.

Devin

 

Depends on the tire blackwall or whitewall…

 

White wheel with blackwall tires or blue with whitewall tires.

 

A vote for white wheels & black walls also. Love the spider rings, Anthony.

 

Narrow whitewall

 

The tuck & roll would be an ideal choice for the wagon Anthony , In my case Brenda actually suggested it instead of going with a reproduction of the original interior. HRP

 

Polishing up old paint. Removing the fender to get paint matched for the wheels

Narrow WWs ordered and headed to the house

 

The paint is coming out nicely.

 

So, did you decide on blue or white for the wheels?

 

Wife said blue

Now she needs to decide on outer trim rings.
Thin ones

 

Those are mine
She’ll have to find here own

 

there are 4 in the classifieds Anthony in MI
Olds Fiesta hubcaps | The H.A.M.B.

 

I was going to say white with pearl.....blue looks good.