Good morning, Mr. NumberDummy!

Please tell me what you can regarding this hubcap. Thank you!

 

Looks to be 55-56 Ford.
Sorry, I couldn't resist

 

I'll second the 55-56 Ford hubcap.

 

B5A-1130-C .. 15" Wheel Cover / Reproduced

1955/56 Ford Passenger Cars & Thunderbird.

 

Thanks, Mr. NumberDummy. When were they reproduced and was it by Ford? The reason I ask is that I ran across a set of five.

 

I don't know who reproduced the B5A-1130-C wheel cover, but it was probably Dennis Carpenter.

However, it's possible that only the center plastic emblem (B5A-1141-A) was reproduced, as the wheel cover is stainless steel and can be polished to look like new.

AFAIK: The only parts that FoMoCo reproduced were the plastic hood front emblems for 1950/51 (0A-16637-B) and 1952/54 (BA-16637-A) Ford Passenger Cars.

Just after they were introduced, vendors at swap meets were selling these, calling them NOS .. but of course, they weren't.

One look at the blue/white box they came in, told anyone with "half a brain" that they could not be original (NOS), since this box (introduced in 1969) featured a speeding Mustang.

Original 1949/early 1950's boxes were red/white with FoMoCo marked on them.

 

Thanks, Sir! The 5 I have are pristine with no signs of having ever been mounted, but now I know they are most likely reproductions. They look so PRETTY that if I did not have the alloy wheels on my truck, I would mount them as I have a spare tire mounted in the bed.


Look what I found: Hub Cap | Dennis Carpenter Ford Restoration Parts

 

Eureka!

This Greek word is also CA's motto, translates roughly to "I have found it" .. refers to the Gold Rush.

The Gold Rush is over, after WWII ended, liberals from the east began moving to CA, so today, this has become a left wing state with lots of tree huggers and do-gooders.

When there was a 'tree hugger' movement to save some redwood tree forests from loggers, Governor Ronald Reagan said: "When you've seen one redwood tree, you've seen them all!"