Floating Hubcaps

I am running floating caps on my Merc and Thought I would share how I am doing it. I am not done with them yet but as I make progress I will post pics and details

I picked up a nice new par of 4 bar spinners

using some 5/16 all thread, 2 nuts and two large home made washers out of 12ga I made the center mount for the caps. i used the the 2 bolts the hold the washer perfectly level and welded one nut to the back side if the washer.




I then centered the washer in the back of the cap and spot welded it all around.


tonight I will finish drilling and tapping the spindle for the 5/16 all thread.
stay tuned for more details and pics.

 

Why?

 

Cool

 

Spinners that don't ?

 

Because he can .

 

I hope you are ready for the self-appointed traditional hot rod police. I personally wouldn't want them, but appreciate your effort. It is something that you don't see every day. And to answer the question, you do it with spinners so you notice they are not spinning. A sombrero cap wouldn't have much effect.

 

Heres a video on youtube about them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD3wl0rAY7Y

MrC.

 

damn that looks weird!! id hate to see that after my pain treatment.lol

 

I dont recall stealing any hubcaps in the fifties that floated ... the mind is a funnie thing.

 

There's nothing Hot Rod about it. Thats a Custom Car thing.

 

I think they are way cool.

 

I like the floating caps, they are really cool and I am looking forward to your thread! Jim

 

Truth be told floating caps is a very old school custom trick. There was a 1953 Buick prototype that had floating caps

 

I love how if enough people don't like something ..it becomes non-traditional.

 

Please post a video when it's on your ride. Thanks.

 

Ha ha ha, now thats funny

MrC.

 

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii like it...!


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I sure will.

 

LMAO...how funny and true

 

So true. To be honest, although floating hubcaps are not for me (just messes with my head too much), that doesn't mean I can't appreciate how cool they are, which is pretty freaking cool. Hope they work out for you.
Paul

 

Trippy. Im looking forward to this one. And I'm looking forward to see how many people it pisses off lol

 

Trippy...Ha,Ha,Ha,...

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Theres a lot of posts on this topic that makes it seem theres a lot of you that havent seen this befor................REALY.

They have been around senic the 70's at least. Its how they came up with the spinning rim idea.

 

Wow! In the video, it really does mess with your head.

 

Nice work on the cool floating caps, I'd say run what you like and enjoy them. For me, I like the flipping action of caps so the floating cap isn't for me. See ya, floating in the cruising lanes.

CRUISER

 

I remember seeing a set on an old Kustom when I was a kid in the 70s. My dad said they did that back in the '50s. Therefore, they ARE traditional.

 

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Thought it sounded dumb, but man, it looks too cool when you see it in the videos!

 

Pretty neat . Go for it.

 

I think its cool, cooler than the modern spinners anyway. I'm running dog dishes so it obviously wouldn't have the same effect.

I'll assume the all-thread passes through the grease cap and is somehow connected to the spindle, right?

For some reason, I'm thinking the backs of the caps would scrape the wheels and make a lot of annoying sounds. I gotta assume the caps are stripped of all mounting tabs and generally smoothed on the backs.