Hot Rods Hubcap Identification

Does anyone recognize these?

 

1956 Oldsmobile

 

It says it right on the second picture.

 

What "real" car guy doesn't know what these are?!!!....And they're wheelcovers, not hubcaps....GEEEEZ!

 

Where does the word "Hubcap" originate?
Just curious.

 

...Great question.

 

I'll stick with "Wheel Cover"

A hubcap or hub cap is a decorative disk on an automobile wheel that covers at minimum the central portion of the wheel, called the hub.[1] An automobile hubcap is used to cover the wheel hub and the wheel fasteners to reduce the accumulation of dirt and moisture. It also has the function of decorating the car.[2]

A hubcap is technically a small cover over the center of the wheel, while a wheel cover is a decorative metal or plastic disk that snaps or bolts onto and covers the entire face of the wheel.[3]

Cars with stamped steel wheels often use a full-wheel cover that conceals the entire wheel. Cars with alloy wheels or styled steel wheels generally use smaller hubcaps, sometimes called center caps.

Alternatively, a wheel cover or spare tire cover can be an accessory that covers an external rear-mounted spare tire found on some automobiles.

 

Starfire, not Fiesta ...
Even Oldsmobile has confused the nomenclature since late '55.

 

A pretty hot item into late 50's....literally hot...........never heard of somebody stealing "wheel covers" at the time
as I remember......56 were hotter than 55's or 57's according to family LAPD friend

 

....or....... are they nave plates...???

Hub caps only cover the central part of the wheel (hub and lug nuts).
Wheel covers extend to the edge of the rim, covering the entire wheel.

 

Here we go again..............

 

Not to long ago @anthony myrick was wearing a hub-cap as his avatar photo

 

to those who think this is pedantic -- Words have meanings. Life is difficult enough without calling a table, a chair

 

...Thank you.

 

BS everyone here knows that whether the item covers the wheel bolts or the whole wheel it can be called a hubcap or a wheelcover. either is a flat piece of metal that fixes to a wheel.

Anyways, the OP got his answer so I guess the right outcome was reached.

 

around these parts, we call em tire frisbees.

 

Life is tuff, when you sweat the small stuff...

 

Sombrero

 

All I know is, if you actually want to sell a set of these, you'd better call them hubcaps. Because to 99% of today's shoppers, this is a wheel cover:

 

Looks like I created a monster, my bad, carry on.

 

Man, those are cool! I should try to find some.

 

Geez . . . I really miss your adventures with BOB.

 

list one as a hubcap and one as a wheel cover on ebay and see which gets the most hits. far more hubcaps than wheel covers, except for the actual covers for your wheel made of fabric.
now lets do clip and magazine.

 

Coke, soda, pop… it’s regional vernacular, arguing which is the right one is like a British person and an American arguing if it’s spelled Tyre or tire. They’re both correct. Pointless.

 

Dog dish.....

 

People are way to pickey about things that does not make any sense.

 

All I know is it's hard to get $1 each at swaps or flea markets so I recycle all I get.
The 'save them all' group talks a good game until shipping costs come into play.

 

Back in the day we referred to them as "Flippers" but if left unattended were mostly called someone else's.