63 hubcaps

[Tracy C.]

Re: 63 hubcaps

Art,

In reality, there will always be one wing of the spinner pointing directly at the 63 valve stem slot. I've disassembled at least 100 of these hubcaps and have never seen any prominent clocking configuration.

There is no justifiable reason to dictate the clocking so why would engineering specifiy clocking? Planning would have to spell it out on the operation sheets and inspection would need to inspect it too. Then rework if not per the engineering... can you spell lost profit margin?

In todays world, we call that "non value added" activity.

I appreciate your contributions to this board. Please keep it up !!

tc

[Art A.]

Re: 63 hubcaps

TC, I was merely looking at the AIM (65) illustration and describing what is pictured. My bad for using the clock reference.....sorry.

In today's world it would be designed so their would be only one way to assembly it and it would be called "value added".

Since I have only disassembled 4 1965 hub caps when I was cleaning them up during my restoration process,I will bow to your expertise.

Art

[John D.]

Re: If ALL of the people who believe that the

Loren, Great answer. Easy to figure out we are getting old. In the Pittsburgh chapter average age 60. SS guys. Me two. Such questions I post and others. Figured out why no valve stems though. Two bar KO's leaked air so bubba fixed it. No valve stem. True story. Mikey emailed me the answer.
Didn't say which Mikey referring to. John

[Mike McKown]

Bethca' I've seen a couple myself *NM*

[John H.]

Re: 63 hubcaps

Some day I'll tell you the story about shipping cars with no valve stems at all (no hole in the wheel); assembly plants didn't use the valve stem - the air was blown in between the tire bead and the rim.

[John D.]

Re: 63 hubcaps

John, I know what you mean. Mikey said he has pretty pic of no valve stem and he gonna post. Did you ever read my post a while back about the new silver FI car with knockoff's from ST Louis I saw at a local dealers in 1963? The owner's son, Sam Grabiak, Jr. from Grabiak Chevrolet hollered at me and his nephew Timmy to hurry and run out to front of dealer parking lot cause a transporter had new '63 with knockoff's. Jr said they weren't available to general public. Rumor was it was for a big wheel. True story. No I don't remember if two bar or three bar. Thanks for the referral. John D.

[Michael H.]

Re: 63 hubcaps

Yup, that's exactly what I was heading for John. Happened once years ago at a local Dodge dealer. A new car was delivered to the dealer that had no valve stems, no hole in the wheel and no visible signs of any other method of filling the tires. Turns out the machine that drilled the hole in the wheel failed. The next automated step was the installation of the valve stem but the machine that did that had no idea there was no hole so the stem fell to the floor and the wheels continued on their way. Tires were mounted on the wheels using high a volume of air at the tire tool end to automatically inflate the tire to about 20 lbs as it was mounted. Somehow, a complete set made it to this car and it was delivered to the dealer exactly that way.

[Michael H.]

Valve Stem Hole Delete

John,

The pic in the Adams book that I was refering too was a shot of a 65 hub cap that did not have the hole for the valve stem. I can't post the pic because "someone" borrowed my Adams book several years ago and it still hasn't come home.