Rallye Wheel Center caps.......Need Help

[Dion Hildebrandt]

I have a set of 6 bolt rallye wheels, and I need some help identifying where these center caps came from.

-The center cap "Top" does not have a cut line or separation joint

-The overall appearance is the same as any other "4x4" cap

-They don't look like they have been modified in any way

Problem is I have not been able to find any reference to this style of center cap anywhere. I currently have them on a 1965 carryall, but this truck is a Johnny Cash song so I cant rely that they came with this truck.

I was wondering if any of you out there may have seen these before and what did they come on?

Thanx in advance.

[Keith Seymore]

I've never seen anything like that before.

Looks like someone took the open 4x4 cap and stuck something in the end. I bet if you look closer you will find a seam at the end of that outermost diameter.

Can you post a pic from the inside?

K

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I've never seen anything like that before.

Looks like someone took the open 4x4 cap and stuck something in the end. I bet if you look closer you will find a seam at the end of that outermost diameter.

Can you post a pic from the inside?

K

Straight up , that is not the case. That is what I had originally thought. On the side shot you can see there is no part line.

There is a casting line just above the lugnuts but there is no separation there either.

I will try to get an inside shot but I don't have easy access to this truck.

[RandyP]

I'd be anxious to have one in my hand so I could turn it around and knock the center cap with a hammer handle a few times, see if that thing pops off like I think it would.

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Originally Posted by RandyP

I'd be anxious to have one in my hand so I could turn it around and knock the center cap with a hammer handle a few times, see if that thing pops off like I think it would.

I understand why you would think the center cap will come off, but for the sake of discussion if that was the reality.....then where does the cap come from?

I haven't even seen anything resembling the center design. If some one made these caps where did the components come from?

[RandyP]

The blue bowtie reminds me of the center portion of most hubcaps GM put on the chevrolets in the 60's and 70's. I even seem to recall some of those hubcaps had removable center portions, probably because they were used on more than one GM division auto.

Hell I had a set of rally wheels on an 86 monte SS, found a set of aftermarket spinners that fit the center cap perfectly and had a perfect spot for a GM sticker that was meant for the early 80's rally centers on GM cars. One small screw on the inside is all it took to hold it in place and it looked seamless and like it was made that way.

[Keith Seymore]

The line at the base is design intent, indicating where the paint break is between the argent portion and the chrome.

I would be shocked (shocked, I say) if that cap doesn't have a small split line as shown below.

K

[lolife99]

That not a production piece that I have ever seen.
And there are several variations of that center cap.
Please post a pic from the back side.

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Okay, I managed to get access to the cap yesterday. I will apologize because when I got them off I could see the "split line" whoever built these caps did a fantastic job.

These caps were just not anything I paid attention to as my 'Burb is a GMC so they were not going to be on the completed build.

Once I got the cap off I could see the part line and also the center hole at the top of the inside of the cap.

[Keith Seymore]

That's the beauty of being a pessimist.

You are either pleasantly surprised.....or you are correct.

K

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We have a member on this site that converts Rally Caps very similar to those ,he is from Tennessee and goes by the name Pop's I think .