Here are pics of the 15" Ford wheel I have mounted on my 1940 Sedan. The axle end sticks out just far enough- about 1/4"- so that neither a hubcap or full wheel cover can seat. What are these wheels off of originally??? What hubcaps will fit? And is the problem the wheel or the axle end? Thanks, very puzzled here.
1940 to 48 car should fit. Looks like a later Ford wheel though. Do you have a picture of the hub cap your using ?
I have tried full Moon discs; '56 Olds Rocket full disc; and a '48 Ford center cap. All have interference from the axle end.
You need some of these, Pete. Believe they are '47 Mercury. Mine are repros, but I see originals for sale now and then. They have a deeper dome than '46-'48 Ford.
Don, that's a great suggestion. Thanks. Didn't know about the dome difference in caps, but it makes sense. With a set of narrow whites, I was thinking about using my '61 HiPo caps, but they won't fit either.
Keep in mind though, Pete, that the chrome portion above is what seats against the wheel so you do lose some of that 3" depth shown in the picture.
I'm running 48 Ford hub caps on 15" F1 wheels on an early Ford rear end with no problems, wonder why yours won't fit? Your wheels look like KH 15" off an F1 , the hub caps should clear.
Ok, I looked and I've got two of these wheels. One was one the driver rear, and the other in the trunk as a spare. Thinking that the offset might be more to the inside than the later wheels I have, the two inside nub wheels got moved to the front and the later outside nub wheels got moved to the rear. But when I tried to use an appropriate cap for the same place but with a later 15" wheel, that cap wouldn't seat either. Interference from the axle end. So caps aren't working regardless of the wheel on the driver side rear. So the problem is in the axle end. Why would the driver side axle end stick out more than the passenger side? The amount of the excess is just enough to not allow the cap to seat on either the inside nub wheels or the outside nub wheels. The '40 has the original banjo rear, never had it apart, don't know of any modifications that were ever made. But this car has been on the road around here for a long time before I bought it. What gives???!!!
Oh - and the caps you are trying to use - originally didn't have something sticking out from the original axel - like a hard on to put caps on. Went through this on my stock 1947 Ford sedan - only on that rear.
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