The 1960 - 1966 Chevrolet & GMC Pickups Factory Correct Restoration Thread

[pimpston65]

i'll take all the chrome caps for the clip style rims!!! just pm me the info...

[60-66]

Originally Posted by pimpston65

i'll take all the chrome caps for the clip style rims!!! just pm me the info...

Only if you send me GMCs as a replacement LePimp !

[yelmer]

here is my repop on right nos on left

[oem4me]

Originally Posted by yelmer

here is my repop on right nos on left

I had no idea. Sooo much better than the ones now available! I imagine the tooling still exists somewhere, no?
The guy at Truck Shop is flat wrong. Lots of people notice the details.

[60-66]

Originally Posted by yelmer

here is my repop on right nos on left

Okay, going to edit the reproduction thing in the hubcap post. Not only are the ones I compared smaller top to bottom on the wings of the bowtie, I measured them with a dial caliper and the poor repop is much taller in the center. Heres all three. Original on left, the "Good" reproductions in the center and the currently available far right.

For the bowtie wings I will call them
Original measures .593
GOOD reproduction .500
Poor reproduction .463

Center of bowtie or center square
Original measures .890 tall
GOOD reproduction .820 tall
Poor reproduction .992 tall

You can see now why the poor reproductions look so disproportioned. Also notice the ridge around the center is more rounded compared to the poor reproduction thats more pointed. Fine for many street trucks but this is a restoration thread. Hate to sound so over critical but that bowtie sucks !

[jbgroby]

I can add a bit of information for this thread in regards to the Hubcaps. In 1960, the correct hubcap for the GMC trucks was the 1957-1959 GMC caps.This was because when the 1960 model year was rolled out, GMC either forgot to design a new cap or it was not ready for production. The caps changed in 1961. I put the 1959 caps on my '60 as the early sales ads show them this way.