Originally Posted by
1986F150six
Years ago, I visited a junk yard and found quite a number of old Ford dog dish hubcaps. They were sitting in an old van which had leaked and the hubcaps did have rust, some not too bad and others, worse.
The hubcaps found in the leaking van were NOS.
My research has led me to believe they are from 1957 & 1959 Ford Passenger Car/Thunderbird: B7A-1130-C ~ 10" diameter.
They have the recessed circular area which is painted white with stainless steel outer ring, center bullet and FORD letters [top and bottom inside painted area]
Look on the inside of the hubcaps you cannot ID. There will either be a paper label with the Ford ID engineering number printed on it. Or the ID number, or part number will be stencilled on the inside.
Post all the numbers you find, I'll ID the hubcaps for y'all. Or send me pics of the little charmers [sylhall@aol.com], I'll ID them in a NY minute. I do
not want them, even if free...got enough stuff layin' around this menagerie.
btw: The hubcap used on 1958 Ford Passenger Car/Thunderbird (B8A-1130-B) is basically the same as above, but is painted argent instead of white.
Full wheel covers were optional, hubcaps were standard equipment and all were installed by the dealers.