64 Wheel Covers w Wreath for Fleetwood or Eldorado

[Logan Robb]

I’m almost positive this will lead to some polarizing comments, but I am curious as to everyone’s thoughts.

TL:DR

I found some wreaths and emblems that were in almost mint condition on a newer set of covers. As it turns out, they fit the same mounting holes and are identical to the emblems used on 1963/64 hubcaps. I used one of my rougher 64 covers and mounted the wreath on. Thoughts?

Long:

A few weeks ago, I attended an estate auction that had massive amounts of car parts. There weren’t many Cadillac items, but I did find some old taillights and several hubcaps from various years of Cadillac. In that batch were 4 hubcaps from the 80’s I’m being told (in another post on another group). On these caps were the emblem and wreath. I cleaned them up over the weekend and thought they would fit on the 64 covers. So I ran the speed nuts off the back of both the 80s cover and the 64 cover and sure enough, they are identical.

Now, I have a Fleetwood. In 64, as I am sure you know, the wreath was used in place of the ‘V’ for Fleetwoods and Eldorados. Being that everywhere else on the car, a wreath is present, I thought it odd the wheel covers lacked the wreath. So, I made a template and sacrificed *shrieks* one of my rougher 64 covers to see how it looks. Well, what do we think? Process was pretty easy, drill a few holes and swapped the wreath and emblem over.

Personally, I think I’ll be doing this to my other covers as it then matches everything else on the car. I don’t normally believe in these types of modifications, but I think this is a good one! Not sure anyone would notice expect for any of us who know.

I think I may have this set polished and the black removed and just keep it polished and use my custom covers for non judged events and keep my good set that I daily for judged events. Just my two cents 

[Dennis P. DiBari]

Logan,

     You did a great job with the hubcaps - I think they look great.  They would look great on my 64.

Dennis DiBari, Cottekill, NY