A third hubcap?

[65swb45]

I was talking with @pardion last night. I had a small pile of OE acorn caps in front of me that I pulled off the wall for the remodel. I noticed this one cap was beveled differently from all the others. Beveled like the newer caps. Huh?

 

[tahoe40/45]

Maybe that explains this. I was comparing OE hub caps with the last two rounds of reproduction hub caps. Both repos were copies of originals, but i noticed one of the repos was shorter than the others. Maybe the shorter one was copied from a shorter OE cap??

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

I know at least some of mine were reconditioned from Frenchy's Toyopet sedan. I never confirmed to be the same part number, assumed they were the same . I think that I passed them on to someone here.

 

[hdjtachtig]

I got a set from you. A (not perfect) rechromed set. Is that it? I'll check the profile, IIRC those are profiled like the right side cap from Mark.

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

That would be them, he wasn't satisfied with the rechrome.

I wonder if the profile difference was intentional or production variance?

 

[65swb45]

Here's a side view: of

 

[pardion]

Now I have to dig through my original stock hub caps and check-em.

 

[JohnnyC]

I'll have to check ... but... I believe the flared out one is an earlier cap ... like E-58'

The much earlier ones had the same profile afaik and the teq instead of the acorn

 

[67azcruizr]

the "flared" style would make sense being earlier, maybe E-'60 when the rims would have been 16". The "flared" one looks to be wider?

 

[JohnnyC]

Here is a pic of toyota Usa 25

Kinda looks like the older flared caps... can't tell all that well ... but... it may have both styles on it

Also a pic of the much older teq hubcaps

 

[hdjtachtig]

That would be them, he wasn't satisfied with the rechrome

Here a pic. The same as the reproductions.