Customs Hubcaps on '60s Customs?

So i just picked up a 62 olds 2 dr hard top, and as it were, i'm just not real stoked on the stock ride height and raised white letter sidewalls that came with it.

I'm weighing out my options for a quick and dirty make over without spending an arm and a leg so buying a set of wheels is not in the foreseeable future, that money will most likely get spent on a set of springs. so i really have only a couple of options, keep the dog dish caps and rings, install a set of spider caps or go to a full wheel cover.

was hoping you fellas could supply some pics of '60s customs with full wheel covers (or whatever else) just so i can get a feel for it.

thanks.

 

I had a candy blue 62 starfire w/chrome reverse and babymoons on the blvd in 64, a friend had a yellow 62 starfire also w/chrome reverse and baby moons both cars had bellflowers. I beleive a Kustom would have a hubcap of a newer model car and not from an older model, can't think of a 63 or newer hubcap thats appealing

 

yeah... that's what i was thinking.

the car will eventually get a set of bellflowers, and my gut keeps telling me to go with chrome reverse and spiders.

 

I have a set of these 57 Plymouth style cone hubcaps on my 62 Buick. They are being repopped by a few places niow.

http://www.hubcapmike.com/cone-moon...CvF1iQQgdzgwm-XCTu7EUNGoOfKENnalXrBoC7Bfw_wcB

 

Plymouth cones were popular and my bud Gator put em on plenty of 50's and 60's Kustoms

 

I have a '61 and have been pondering the same thing, look at '56 olds wheel covers, I think they are pretty cool. Post a pic of your 62! I just stripped a '62 4dr ht, so need anything?

 

The car i picked up is almost 100% complete and original. only missing the glove box insert and right front kick panel.

this is my favorite angle!

 

just grind the white letters into wide whites, or pinners for that 60's look

 

Scout the Car Craft and Rod & Custom magazines from 1962 to 1967 to see exactly what was in style on big body customs during that era...and what wasn't.

Seems that just about everything with wheels ran chrome reversed wheels or Buick Skylark wires with pinner whites during that era...unless it was a race car or street gasser.

Wide whites were DEAD after '62, right along with full hubcaps, red wheels, lakes pipes, headlight visors, fake spotlights and foxtails...with few exceptions. You've got a really great car to work with. Take your time, do your homework and do it right.

 

Dynamic 88, nice ride!! If it were me, assuming the tires are good, flip the tires so the blackwalls are out, keep the dogs and rings, and save your money for more the important things until the wheel/tire combo comes along you can not live without.