Not a big deal, you can stick those in the rack and swap back and forth if you want. Sorry not all of these are coupes but some times we have to make do. All my photos though.
The fastest car in the local group was this Oldsmobile powered 1934 Ford 5 window coupe. It ran in the A/Gas cl*** and had different combinations of rims/hubcaps for the years in racing and driving to the daily high school/afterschool job scene. Very few had full chrome reversed rims due to the higher cost over simple hubcaps and painted rims. Hello, Our Westside of Long Beach neighborhood was littered with hot rod speed shops and manufacturers. It was within a mile or less to Lion’s Dragstrip from the grand opening in 1955 to the closing in 72. The number of hot rods fluctuated with the young teens and 20 somethings still around the old area. Almost every Saturday or Sunday when not at Lion’s Dragstrip racing, we had an impromptu gathering of the older teens of my brother’s friends. It was a similar thing in most neighborhoods. The active teens were the ones doing the modifying and changing their daily drivers to fit their stockpile or less bank accounts to make changes in the hot rods/cruisers. When it was their time to move on, the hot rod scene was usually p***ed on to the next generation of young teens with desires to show what they could do to cars. Since I was the young kid trying to fit in and doing my best to help out in any way, I was the parts chaser, car detailer, polisher and set up for the weekly hubcap exchange or wheel swaps if they fit the other cars. Old Chevy sedans were the most popular and that was a simple pop off and attach to the next sedan. But, some times the make and model of other brands just did not cooperate, so we double sided taped the hubcaps onto the center section, so, all of the teens could give it a thumbs up or down. The flipper hubcaps were very popular, but they did not look good on all cars. A 51 Oldsmobile and 56 Chevy accepted just about any combination hubcaps. They both looked good full size or just center chrome caps. But, put a set of Dodge Lancers on a 37 Chevy 4 door black sedan and the look was not acceptable to those present. Laughs were abundant and then the next hubcap was tried on the Chevy sedan. It was all a part of being a teenager and the back/forth babble that teenagers are good at slinging without a fight or two breaking out. A lot of the times, “the fickle finger of fate” was the ending comment. Jnaki Sometimes later, in the era specific hot rod cars seen in public, these two coupes were the ones with the popular look of small hubcaps and beauty trim rings on colored painted rims. The 36 Ford was sedate, but looked good in a field of greys and black modern cars. The 37 Chevy was outstanding in its presentation and would have made anyone’s day driving around with such high detailing and style. Red rims, chrome center hubcaps and chrome trim rings made it look good without going overboard on larger rims. Old style has its followers… YRMV
I’ll be putting a set of Lyons caps on this spring to change he up a bit as well. The early ford caps still look good though
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