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Anyone out there have photos of examples of modern wheels modified w/ hubcap clips like these to attach the dog dish hubcaps for their AD pickup? I'm investigating modern wheel options but would like to keep the look and dimensions of the original wheel/tire setup intact to whatever degree possible. Any ideas will be appreciated.

I think for the 1/2 Ton, you can buy new wheels that will take hubcaps. It may be that you have to use the new hubcaps too, I am not sure.

Here's a link to Smokey Culver's tech article on that subject -

Smokey's hub cap tech

Did mine a little differently, I tried to keep the clips in their original position on the wheel spoke.
This shows an original 1950, 3600 split rim clip with a vendors repro clip next to it. As you can see they are to short to grasp the hubcaps if place in the original position on the hump between the holes. So I used a spacer to get the correct height:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/117149892
These were the replacement ‘80 Chevy ¾ ton tubeless rims I picked up from the scrap yard:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/117149816/large
This shows the original 3600 hubcap on a late model (’80, 3/4t) rim:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/117147131/original
This shows the clip in the original location with the spacer under the clip:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/117147209/large
A blurry but better view of the spacer and location:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/117149791/large

Dennis Graham
Sandwich, IL

Denny - that's exactly what I'm looking for! Great example, thank you!
Truckernix - I've seen the repro wheels, they're a bit pricey for me...
Laroke - thanks for the link to the Tech Tip; I'm familiar with it, so now I'm most interested in seeing other examples of this type of modification in action.
Cheers,
Nick

Any other examples out there in photographs?

If you need to do something on your truck you can just about bet that someone on "Stovebolt" has already done it or knows how to do it. What a great bunch of guy and gals. You can't even buy magazines that compare to this site. I really enjoy it.

Steel 1/2" dia round stock, 3/8" tall, drill with a #9 clearance drill for a #10-32 screw to attach them. I used a Whitney Jr. hole punch to punch the holes in the tempered steel clips aquired from one of the vendors.
This was for the 3600 hub caps, if you have a 3100 they may be different.
DG

Denny,
Sounds like 3/8" is the height that worked for you. And hopefully it'll get me close. But you had to put holes in the clips you got from vendors? I had bought a few from Jim Carter Truck Parts to try and they are shorter. The hub caps that I'm using are 55-56 Chevy 3600. Problem now is I need 16-20 of them for 4 wheels. Maybe I could find something like steel spacers from Granger or Mcmaster-carr type supply house?

Denny,
I can't open your highlighted links you had sent out. They say forbidden when I clicked on them.

Denny's photos are 15 years old and probably aren't supported any longer.

tesa - Check out the links in my post to Denny's album. As mentioned in my reply to your Truck Parts Wanted ad, most of his links in this old thread don't work correctly. But the ones in my post do work and you should be able to see them.