Ok folks here's the deal, my GF has taken on the task of decorating my house and making it more "homey". So far she has done a great job of keeping it looking like a man lives there and not some emasculated, metrosexual girly boy. One of the things we talked about doing was using old hubcaps to decorate the walls. Now I'm looking for 3-4 of the best looking hubcaps. I know I want one from an old Porsche of the 356, early 911 vintage. I'm partial to VW, Audi, Porsche and Ford so something from those brands would be my first choices. Throw out a few good looking caps. I want something interesting and unique ideas.

 

My favorite Ford hubcaps are either from the '57 Thunderbird (wheel cover) or the mid-60's Country Squire wagons (wheel cover).

My favorite GM hubcaps are either from the '55 Chevy (wheel cover) or the early-70's C-10 pickups (hub cap).

Now if only I could get my wife to agree to hanging automobile parts on the walls of our home.....

 

'63 Chevy Impala SS or '57 Dodge Lancers...only one in my garage is a "poverty" hubcap from my '66 GTO. Moon or Baby Moon hubcaps are some nice 50's style hubcaps.

 

Gotta have Spinners ( even if thy're fake )

 

It took a lot of convincing to get her warmed up to the idea that car stuff can look good as art. When she started wanting to decorate we were at some house store and showed me a bunch of sticks in a bucket and asked me what I thought of them. I said, "Who is dumb enough to buy a plant that's already dead?!?" That didn't go over so well but got my point across.

Growing up my ol' man worked as a body man. He kept a bunch of the old bent emblems for me. They have been siting in a box for the last 30 years or so collecting dust, till now. We're going to use a bunch of them to make a wall hanging for the house.

 

If you were around during the late 50' and early 60's, the hubcap that was prime was the 1957 Dodge Lancer spinner. Hard to find, harder to keep on the car. Folks had a tendency to steal them. Another hubcap that was popular and I had a set on my 34 Ford coupe, were the 1957 Plymouth cone style hubcaps. They were just a smooth cone.
Lancer


Plymouth

 

Had a set of the 57 Plymouths on my 1954 Ford coupe.

 

Had these '63 Impala SS hubcaps on my '62!

 

Nice!!!

If I told my better half I wanted to hang some cool hubcaps on the wall in the house I think she would have a stroke... or laugh at me. One of those two for sure.