max wedge dog dish question

[hatman426]

hi doing the finishing touch on a max wedge clone car i would like to run dog dish on the front only i know that the original were 10 inch but does anyone know if a 9 inch reproduction cap that looks close is being made i dont want to change the rims and are the vented tubes on the max wedge trunk mounted battery factory installed or did the racers do this set up thanks

 

[maxwedgechar]

Vent tubes were factory

 

[Dave6T4]

I don't t know of anyone making a 9" version of the early hub caps. If you have a Dodge, I like the '69-'71 "Red Stripe" cap. If a Plymouth, I favour the '68 Plymouth/RoadRunner hub cap. Although they don't look like originals, they are attractive caps, with a bit of style. My opinion only.

 

[hatman426]

Are these the hub caps for a road runner you talked about i have nice set of 4 now but I see other versions of these caps that look chrome

 

[hatman426]

Here's my car I would like to put on the front just had paint polished coated I haven't driven car yet new purchase alot snow to melt first lol thanks

 

[Dave6T4]

Very nice Plymouth! The caps you show are generic Volare/Aspen from the '70's, I think. Yours are the aluminium ones, but they also came in stainless steel and are brighter. With holes punched around the outside of the face, they became Police wheel hubcaps. The '69 Plymouth cap was similar to this with "Plymouth Motor Division" stamped into them. The '68 cap that I mentioned is a bright stainless cap with a raised centre cone with the Plymouth "rocket" embossed on it. It is a 9" version of the previous year's 10" cap. I am not technically advanced enough to grab pictures and post them, so, maybe someone else can.

 

[hatman426]

Thanks for your information I bought these 4 caps off a mopar guy in ontario on marketplace he said there were 68 to 70 something payed 400 bucks I guess I got screwed I look around for a set of the chrome like ones you said not sure if the ones I got will be nice on there thanks again

 

[Dave6T4]

This '68 Barracuda has the hub caps I was describing. Also on a friend's '63 Plymouth and on a '68 RoadRunner.

 

[nitro_rat]

The caps you want aren't aftermarket. They're early A-body. They have a similar pattern to the 10" caps but are a 9" cap. E-berg had an article about it in Mopar Action years ago. He runs them on his '62 Plymouth.

 

[33 IMP]

I've got the same caps as #8 on my 62 Savoy. From my 67 Barracuda. (Cuda got small pattern centerlines).