dose anyone make a 66 style hub cap

[benelibutton]

I think they look better and dont really care about being original

 

[House]

Not yet. That is why they are so expensive.

 

[RJGarza]

I wouldn't mind having a set myself but for the price they're selling for I would much rather buy a set of new wheels.

 

[Broncitis]

I wouldn't mind having a set myself but for the price they're selling for I would much rather buy a set of new wheels.

That is fine if custom is an option on your build, but when doing an original, you really have no choice if it is a bright packagage equipped build. Finding nice 66 caps is getting harder and harder since there are less of them every year and more people are now into the stock builds than ever when in years past almost everyone wanted to ditch the caps for custom wheels.

 

[thegreatjustino]

I think they look better and dont really care about being original

I agree, I've always thought the '66 caps looked much better than the later years. I'd like to find a set just to have, but way to steep for my wallet

 

[frenchy]

What do the 66 caps go for now a days?

frenchy

 

[Broncitis]

I sold quite a few this year for $150-$200 each, and one nice polished set for $1000

 

[RJGarza]

That is fine if custom is an option on your build, but when doing an original, you really have no choice if it is a bright packagage equipped build. Finding nice 66 caps is getting harder and harder since there are less of them every year and more people are now into the stock builds than ever when in years past almost everyone wanted to ditch the caps for custom wheels.

Yup. People doing a 66 restoration are scooping these up all the time for a good chunk of change. I'm glad I'm not fully restoring my 66 lol. Parts are hard to come by for that specific year!

 

[frenchy]

WOW Drew thats amazing. I picked up a xtra set this year at the
swap meet in michigan. I got a hellava deal on those then. Paid I
think $40.00 for all 4. And there in pretty good shape too.

frenchy

 

[Broncitis]

WOW Drew thats amazing. I picked up a xtra set this year at the
swap meet in michigan. I got a hellava deal on those then. Paid I
think $40.00 for all 4. And there in pretty good shape too.

frenchy

Sometimes you get lucky like that when people have no idea what they are for or that they were only a one year, one model cap.

Mike at BroncoDesign told me of a similar story on a set he picked up at Carlisle for about the same.

I have not been that lucky in recent years.

 

[benelibutton]

I think we should all put in and market them.

 

[Broncitis]

I think we should all put in and market them.

I doubt they will be reproduced. As soon as they are, they will not be worth much mnore than what the new 67-77 caps sell for.

The one year, one model makes it a very limited market which will not likely justify the tooling cost compared to the 66-77 caps which were also used on many other models over the years.

It is a simple supply and demand issue. Not all that many years ago, relatively few thought totally stock Broncos were cool, and wanted to cut, lift, add custom wheels, etc. so these caps were not worth but $10-$20 each. Now, many have come to appreciate the retro and classic look they provide or want to do authentic restorations, so the price has shot up since there are not many nice ones (or even not so nice ones) left out there.

It took me the better parts of 20 years to get the 2 dozen plus I had, which I sold some of for the first time this year. I started looking again, and was able to score a few more at swap meets this summer.