Shocks & Hubcaps
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Shocks & Hubcaps
Trying to figure these items out for my 56 F100.
I am looking for ideas for shocks for 5" drop Mono Front springs.
Also have 15" outtie nubed wheels and would like to period style hub caps.
I am looking for ideas for shocks for 5" drop Mono Front springs.
Also have 15" outtie nubed wheels and would like to period style hub caps.
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Are you asking for what size/type of shocks to get?
Stock looking hub caps can be found here
Hub Caps - Mid Fifty F-100 Parts
Stock looking hub caps can be found here
Hub Caps - Mid Fifty F-100 Parts
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I am running '80's F-150 wheels with outies, and use '52-'54 Ford Crestliner/Sunliner hubcaps. Got a set of 5 off eBay for about $80. I have thought about adding trim rings but the ones I've seen are so flimsy I fear trying to install or remove them. The Cars went to outies long before the trucks, so many years will fit.
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Are you asking for what size/type of shocks to get?
Stock looking hub caps can be found here
Hub Caps - Mid Fifty F-100 Parts
Stock looking hub caps can be found here
Hub Caps - Mid Fifty F-100 Parts
Ross I'd like to get something like something like Baby Moons. Some day maybe even trim rings. I agree rings woul look good.
Truckdog do you have any input?
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Afraid I'm no help on this. Older K-H references list the standard "innie" cap nub to nub diameter, but I don't see a standard on "outie" nub spacing. Might be that a standard came about later, but the references stopped showing the spacing. Even the 57-63 Ford Chassis Catalog doesn't give spacing or cross reference caps. I also checked Hollander but again no help. Stu
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Thanks Stu. I was hoping you had some insight. Seems odd when I was a kid you could get chrome reverse wheels and baby moons almost everywhere, now it's harder. 
Oh the good ole days
Oh the good ole days
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I was wondering why you weren't able find them already
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All 1953/64 F100's have innie wheels. Outie wheels were introduced in 1965 F100's, but innie wheels were still available thru 1966.
Innie: So called because the hubcap snaps over tabs located on the inside of the wheels center section.
Outie: So called because the hubcap snaps over tabs located on the outside of the wheels center section.
6A-1130-A (replaced 6A-1130) .. Innie Hubcap, stainless with blue Ford letters / Reproduced
Original Applications: Late 1947 & 1948 Ford Passenger Cars / 1948/52 F1 / 1948/56 Ford truck parts catalog also lists these hubcaps for 1953/56 F100's, but AFAIK, they weren't on there originally.
In 1968, I bought a 1956 F100 Custom Cab from the original owner, it had similar hubcaps, but they were painted gray with red Ford letters. Original part number was BAAA-1130-A
Ross: Crestliner's weren't introduced until 1954, your hubcaps (AB-1130-E) were used 1952/53. 1954 hubcaps (AD-1130-A) are slightly different.
1954 Crestliner's came with wheel covers as standard equipment.
Innie: So called because the hubcap snaps over tabs located on the inside of the wheels center section.
Outie: So called because the hubcap snaps over tabs located on the outside of the wheels center section.
6A-1130-A (replaced 6A-1130) .. Innie Hubcap, stainless with blue Ford letters / Reproduced
Original Applications: Late 1947 & 1948 Ford Passenger Cars / 1948/52 F1 / 1948/56 Ford truck parts catalog also lists these hubcaps for 1953/56 F100's, but AFAIK, they weren't on there originally.
In 1968, I bought a 1956 F100 Custom Cab from the original owner, it had similar hubcaps, but they were painted gray with red Ford letters. Original part number was BAAA-1130-A
Ross: Crestliner's weren't introduced until 1954, your hubcaps (AB-1130-E) were used 1952/53. 1954 hubcaps (AD-1130-A) are slightly different.
1954 Crestliner's came with wheel covers as standard equipment.
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Are you asking for what size/type of shocks to get?
Stock looking hub caps can be found here
Hub Caps - Mid Fifty F-100 Parts
Stock looking hub caps can be found here
Hub Caps - Mid Fifty F-100 Parts
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We ask customers to measure the distance between the shock mounts while the truck is sitting on the ground as if it was ready to go down the road. If the distance was 11" for example, we would say you need our 9" - 13.5" shocks, it will give you 2 of travel down and 2.5" of travel up.
We have them in eye-eye, eye-post and post-post mounts. But the eye-eye ones come in the largest range of sizes, and the post-post ones having the least amount of choices
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Well the way we sell them is by the length of the shock, not by what you did to the truck, since there are so many variables.
We ask customers to measure the distance between the shock mounts while the truck is sitting on the ground as if it was ready to go down the road. If the distance was 11" for example, we would say you need our 9" - 13.5" shocks, it will give you 2 of travel down and 2.5" of travel up.
We have them in eye-eye, eye-post and post-post mounts. But the eye-eye ones come in the largest range of sizes, and the post-post ones having the least amount of choices
We ask customers to measure the distance between the shock mounts while the truck is sitting on the ground as if it was ready to go down the road. If the distance was 11" for example, we would say you need our 9" - 13.5" shocks, it will give you 2 of travel down and 2.5" of travel up.
We have them in eye-eye, eye-post and post-post mounts. But the eye-eye ones come in the largest range of sizes, and the post-post ones having the least amount of choices
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The front kit that would work on yours would be the 1st item on this page, we also have the parts individually of course
Doing rear extended mount isn't as popular as the front.
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I am running '80's F-150 wheels with outies, and use '52-'54 Ford Crestliner/Sunliner hubcaps. Got a set of 5 off eBay for about $80. I have thought about adding trim rings but the ones I've seen are so flimsy I fear trying to install or remove them. The Cars went to outies long before the trucks, so many years will fit.
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