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bigd1101 · 07-08-2022, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Merc Cruzer

For that price, they should be NOS.

Do a search on e-bay and save the search. E-bay will let you know when more come up.

Good idea. Can you answer my coil quandary on a previous thread?

TJ · 07-08-2022, 07:59 AM

As an alternative you could use the repo '50 Ford hubcaps that do not have a logo on them. They will fit the Merc wheels and you can use a trim ring. I ran them on my '54 Merc.

RalphG · 07-08-2022, 08:55 AM

Depending how fussy you are about "correctness" I think there is quite a range of caps that fit and look good. I acquired a pair of fifties "Meteor" caps that fit perfect on my 52 Merc.

Merc Cruzer · 07-08-2022, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bigd1101

Good idea. Can you answer my coil quandary on a previous thread?

Replied to your post.

petehoovie · 07-08-2022, 09:22 AM

petehoovie · 07-08-2022, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RalphG

Depending how fussy you are about "correctness" I think there is quite a range of caps that fit and look good. I acquired a pair of fifties "Meteor" caps that fit perfect on my 52 Merc.

Rink52 · 10-06-2022, 06:14 AM

Anyone having trouble keeping full size hubcap from rotating on rim. 3 out of 4 wheels on my 52 Ford Sunliner have a piece added to wheel which prevents this. Looking to buy a couple of these. I will try to attach pictures.IMG_0433.jpg

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pistonbroke · 10-06-2022, 08:45 AM

I had the same problem on my 64 Galaxy XL and those were EXPENCIVE caps ! I did a light spatter weld around the rim where the cap teeth gripped it . Never lost another and that's been twenty plus years and thousands of miles. Not the prettiest but but you can't see it with the cap on. Tim

47Monarch · 10-07-2022, 08:19 AM

Clean up the inside of your hub cap and write your name and phone number on the inside a kind person might find it and call you

07-08-2022, 07:59 AM	#22
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,037	Re: Keeping hub caps on As an alternative you could use the repo '50 Ford hubcaps that do not have a logo on them. They will fit the Merc wheels and you can use a trim ring. I ran them on my '54 Merc.

07-08-2022, 09:22 AM	#25
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,150	Re: Keeping hub caps on __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

10-06-2022, 06:14 AM	#27
Rink52 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 9	Re: Keeping hub caps on Anyone having trouble keeping full size hubcap from rotating on rim. 3 out of 4 wheels on my 52 Ford Sunliner have a piece added to wheel which prevents this. Looking to buy a couple of these. I will try to attach pictures.IMG_0433.jpg IMG_0434.jpg IMG_0435.jpg IMG_0436.jpg IMG_0439.jpg

10-06-2022, 08:45 AM	#28
pistonbroke Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Perry Mo. Posts: 485	Re: Keeping hub caps on I had the same problem on my 64 Galaxy XL and those were EXPENCIVE caps ! I did a light spatter weld around the rim where the cap teeth gripped it . Never lost another and that's been twenty plus years and thousands of miles. Not the prettiest but but you can't see it with the cap on. Tim

10-07-2022, 08:19 AM	#29
47Monarch Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Sydney Nova Scotia Posts: 126	Re: Keeping hub caps on Clean up the inside of your hub cap and write your name and phone number on the inside a kind person might find it and call you