Re: [FWDLK] Terminology: Hub cap / Wheel cap

[bill parker <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

When working part time at a body shop in the 80's, the parts books showed a
the item which covered all of the wheel except the very outer edge a "wheel
cover", and the item which covered the lugs and hub, fitting onto either
clips mounted in the wheel or onto the nubbed raised center of the wheel, a
"hub cap".  This is also how they were listed in aftermarket catalogs when I
was paying attention to those, such as Whitney.



Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana
'62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart convertible (Kathi's car); '65 Barracuda \6
(Kathi's other car); '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB
now 360 (David's car); '72 Cuda '340





> From: Bill Watson <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Bill Watson <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Terminology:  Hub cap / Wheel cap
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:46:57 -0800
>
> I have a copy of Chrysler's 1972 parts catalogue in front of me and it
> refers to a "Wheel Hub Cap" that covers the centre hub and the lub nuts.
>
> The small cap used on the front wheels to cover the nut, cotter pin and
> grease is referred to as a "Wheel Grease Cap".
>
> See Section 22-08-0 : Wheel Hub Caps
>
> The present term for the hub cap and grease cap came into being when wheels
> became removable from the hub / axle by using lug nuts or bolts.  In the
> days of the Model T the wheel was held on to the axle ends by the nut and
> cotter pin in the centre - the same one that today is used to hold the drum
> or disc in place.   It wasn not until the mid-1920's that four wheel brakes
> became common.  Prior to that brakes were only on the rear wheels.
>
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wayne Graefen
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:15 AM
> Subject: [FWDLK] Terminology: Hub cap / Wheel cap
>
>
> Technically, the "hub cap" is the cap on the end of the spindle poking
> through the center of the wheel.  It covers only the hub where the bearings
> are housed and packed in grease thereby keeping dirt and water out of the
> bearings and keeping the grease in.   Think of the cars of the very early
> '30s (like a Model A F__d) and earlier where the "hub cap" truly coverd the
> bearings and grease on the spindle.  Once the wheel caps covered the hub
> caps for ornamentation, and to give a larger place to promote the brand of
> the automobile in large chrome and bright colored letters, people confused
> the two terms.
>
> A "wheel cap" is any appearance item that attaches to the wheel to cover
> the
> "hub cap" and lug nut area.   Thus whether the wheel cap is small covering
> only the center of the wheel (small or standard wheel cap) or is large
> covering the wheel to or almost to the tire ( large, full, or deluxe wheel
> cap) they are ALL wheel caps.    Not all wheel caps were chromed or bright
> stainless either:  in 1942, when some "blackout" models were built for the
> war years, they had black or gray painted wheel caps.
>
> I don't know who invented the term "dog dish hub cap" but it became popular
> sometime after the muscle car era and it still sound silly to me.  Its a
> "dog dish" if you leave it off the car and it fills up with rain but under
> no conditions is it actually a "hub cap".
>
> Wayne
>
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