[blucar]

Yes mercman, the Ford oval rotates counter clockwise to expose the cover lock.
I was not aware that my car had an "anomaly" until I read in the book "The V8 Affair", page 161, that my Deluxe car had what is described as a Standard cover. I find it to be quite interesting that the photo in the 35-36 Ford Book appears to be the same photo that is in the V8 Affair.
I tend to agree with your thoughts that if the August cover is in fact a Standard cover, they would be very common because the bulk of the production for 36 was standard cars..
I am going to get my extra tire mounts out, and check to see if they are convex, concave as it has been stated, it would appear from the pix in posting #7 that they are flat..
I have always felt that the tire cover on my Ford was neat looking, adding a certain flare to the car. During the mid to late '50's when the trend was to remove the external spare tire mount, I elected to keep mine, never regretted it.