Drake’s hub caps have superior details: Our hub caps are each made with the same attention to quality and detail matching the originals. You’ll notice clear differences between ours and other suppliers in that Drake’s feature crisp, sharp insignias formed by highly precise dies. This tooling is made by expert craftsmen who understand the importance of having just the right amount of distance between the dies in order to match the material thickness. This produces a perfectly stamped piece having no distortion, waves or cracks. The high grade stainless steel is then polished to a brilliant, mirror-like gleam. You can give your car a whole different look by adding or changing the hub caps and beauty rings. Ours are made using the finest stainless steel then finished with a super smooth buff that surpasses the shine of the originals. We make our hub caps and beauty rings one at a time without letting even the smallest of flaws get by. Why not dress your car in the very best? Bob Drake Reproductions Inc. is licensed by the Ford Motor Company to manufacture and distribute Ford Trademark Products 458 458 (800) 221-3673 Hubcaps VENTS VENTED VS SOLID Original style steel wheels are often called vented. This term comes from the openings or windows between the wheel center and the outer rim. Solids are just that - solid. They do not have this opening. 81/8" 1940-1948 FORD PASSENGER 1940-1956 FORD PICKUP HUB CAPS INNER RETAINING BUMPS ACCEPTS 1940-48 FORD PASSENGER & 1940-56 FORD PICKUP HUB CAPS HUB CAP MOUNTING Our 1940-48 Ford Passenger & 1940-56 Ford Pickup hub caps fit wheels that have inner bumps to capture the outside flange of the cap. Our 1949-50 Ford Passenger hub caps fit wheels that have outer bumps that the cap pops over. 101/4" 1949-1950 FORD PASSENGER HUB CAPS OUTER RETAINING BUMPS ACCEPTS 1949-50 FORD PASSENGER HUB CAPS www.bobdrake.com 459 459 Our 1932-1935 polished stainless steel hub caps now come with painted insignias to perfectly match the originals. t We pain ! ’em blue 40-1130-B 1934 V8 Car & Pickup 1932-35 Hub Caps 18-1130 1932 V8 Car & Pickup 40-1130-A 1933 V8 Car & Pickup 40-1130-C 1934 4-Cylinder Car & Pickup 48-1130 1935 Car & Pickup B-1130-A 1932-33 4-Cylinder Car & Pickup ic e Your Cho ch ea $30.0 0 1932-35 BABY MOONS Polished stainless steel, perfect detail. $30.00 each 18-1130-BM B-1130-BM 1936 Car hub caps 40-1130-BM Drake’s hub caps have superior details: Just like original with a black steel body topped by a beautifully polished stainless cap. Designed to perfectly fit original wheels. Center circle and insignia come unpainted. 68-1130 $55.00 each 460 460 Our male and female dies are made super-precise leaving only material thickness between the two halves. This makes nice, crisp insignias stamped into the surface, perfectly matching the beautiful original Ford detail unlike caps from other makers. (800) 221-3673 We Now m Paint ’e Designed to fit original Ford wheels. Polished stainless steel as original with PAINTED insignias. For use on aftermarket wheels, please contact the wheel manufacturer to verify compatibility with original Ford or Bob Drake hub caps. 01A-1130-P 1940 Deluxe Painted $40.00 each 1942 Car, 1946 Pickup 21A-1130-P Painted $40.00 each 1940 Standard Car, 1940 Pickup 01C-1130-P 51A-1130-P Painted $40.00 each 1946 Car Painted $40.00 each Hubcaps 1940-48 Hub Caps 1941 Car, 1941-42 Pickup 11A-1130-P Painted $40.00 each 1947-48 Car, 1947-56 Pickup 6A-1130-P Painted $40.00 each ’41 Closeout Discontinued when stock is gone 1941 Car, 1941-42 Pickup C1TZ-1130-SS 1961-66 Pickup, Will fit 1940-48 Car. $30.00 each 11A-1130 www.bobdrake.com Unpainted $20.00 each 461 461 1940-48 Baby Moons Same Caps As on previous page Without stamped insignias Baldies, smoothies, moons, etc. It’s all the same great ’50s Nostalgia look. Painted or chrome wheels, either way is cool. Create your own look and cruise the boulevard. Non-Ford cars can look cool too, as these caps fit a wide variety of Detroit iron. If you have aftermarket wheels, check with the manufacturer to find out if they're compatible with original Ford or Bob Drake hub caps. $35.00 each 01C-1130-BM 01A-1130-BM Bob Drake Reproductions Inc. is licensed by the Ford Motor Company to manufacture and distribute Ford Trademark Products 11A-1130-BM 21A-1130-BM 1949-50 Hub Caps These works of art feature the same fine fit and details as the originals except they’re not chrome-plated steel, but beautifully polished stainless. Say so-long to pitted, peeling chrome. 8A-1130 1949-50 Car Baby Moon $40.00 each 462 462 (800) 221-3673 Hubcaps Beauty Rings 1940-46 FORD 1947-48 FORD 1947-48 MERCURY, OLDS & BUICK 4 RIBBED STYLE 01A-18303-14 14" 01A-18303-15 15" 01A-18303-16 16" SMOOTH STYLE 6A-18303-14 14" 6A-18303-15 15" 6A-18303-16 16" WAVE STYLE 59A-18303-14 14" 59A-18303-15 15" Polished stainless steel. $35.00 each 1940 & Up Inner Beauty Ring set Original Ford Accessory 1949-51 FORD SMOOTH CONVEX STYLE 8A-18303-14 14" 8A-18303-15 15" All-stainless steel rings fit snugly around hub caps and snap to rims. Working in conjunction with the beauty ring, it gives the appearance of a full, shiny stainless steel wheel. For 16" vented Ford style wheels only. Set of 4. 01A-18331-S $225.00 set 01A-18331 $60.00 each Own Bob’sation ! Cre Wheel Wizard™ Safely removes trim rings, hub caps and lug nuts without damaging anything. The Wheel Wizard is an ingenious tool made entirely of high grade steel that won’t bend or break. Features a ½" square socket-drive end for lug nut socket. Also works great as an extended handle for hydraulic or mechanical jacks. It’s the coolest wheel tool yet for every-day shop use or roadside emergencies. Keep one in the car and another handy in the shop. Makes a perfect gift. Lug-nut socket not included. TL-110 $38.50 set Heavy Duty Tote-bag Included Bar features ½" socketdrive end for lug nuts. www.bobdrake.com Hub Caps Beauty Rings Lug Nuts 463 463 We Built The Die Shown here is master machinist, Lynn, polishing the core of a hubcap stamping die. Notice the heavy, tool-steel guide-pins. Yes, they are overkill but they ensure perfect alignment which is necessary to ensure the high-quality appearance we demand for you. E TEAM K A R D B O THE B RISON A P M O C N THRIVES O HUB CAP E R I T N E BOB’S LUTE O S B A E H T LINE IS HE MARKET” “BEST ON T IT OUT! CHECK Bob Drake Photo From the collections of The Henry Ford This fellow is punching the valve stem relief in the beauty ring. From the collections of The Henry Ford These guys are readying a run of hub caps for a trip to the paint booth. Remember, these guys have to work four times faster than the rest of the assembly line. 464 464 (800) 221-3673 Hubcaps s ’ C AB Of Skins & Rims DETERMINING SIZE OF WHEELS Picking wheels and tires for your new ride can be the toughest part of the project. Once you have decided on the look you want, determining size is the next step. What you want and what you can have are often not the same. Follow along and we’ll give you some tips. Step 1. Jack up your car and put jack stands under the suspension (not the frame). This will put your hubs in the fender opening where they will be when the car is on the ground. FENDER Step 2. Lay a straight edge vertically across the wheel mounting flange so that it extends up into the fender. Now measure: 1. From this extension into the body and DIMENSION #2 DIMENSION #1 2. Towards you to the inside lip of the fender and 3. From the center of the hub up to the top of the fender. Record these measurements. Now you’re starting to get an idea of what you can have. Step 3. Take the #3 measurement and subtract 3 to 4 inches for suspension travel, then double it. This will give you the tallest tire height you can run. Now add up #1 & #2 measurement. This will give you the widest cross section (not tread width) that you can run. DIMENSION #3 AXLE BRAKE DRUM STEP 2. Now, we’ll take just a minute to talk about tire size. We won’t go into a whole lot of detail here - just basics. Your friendly neighborhood tire dealer will have charts showing the various dimensions of different tires. The Coker Tire Co. has good tables in their catalog. TIRE SIZE There are 3 dimensions on a tire that you care about. 1. Side wall diameter or height. This will tell you how tall the tire is. 3. CROSS SECTION 2. TREAD 2. Tread. This tells you how wide just the tread is - “Where the rubber meets the road”. 1. SIDE WALL 3. Cross section - This is normally the widest part of the tire. This is the dimension that can rub paint off your fenders. This measurement is taken across the tire about half way up the sidewall. Today’s radial tire sizes can seem very confusing, but they are not all that tough if you do a little math. If a tire size is 225/60R15 it tells us that the cross section is 225 millimeters wide (about 87/8"). Yes it would be a lot simpler if the rest of the world did it our way but we are in the minority here. The 60 says that the section height or sidewall (from the inside bead that sits on the wheel to the top of the tread) is 60% of the cross section or 87/8" x .60 = 53/8". The R means radial and the 15 corresponds to wheel diameter. RIM TIRE TIRE SIZE So, because the 60 is a percentage ratio it means that as this number goes up (70-75-78) the tire gets taller and has a narrower tread. Conversely as this number goes down (50-40-35) the tire gets shorter and has a wider tread. Now that you know all this, you are ready to pick a tire size for your car. Wheels are next. www.bobdrake.com 465 465 s ’ Of Wheels C AB WHEELS Usually a wheel will be listed as 14 x 6 or 15 x 8 etc. The first number is the diameter of the wheel and needs to be the same as the last number in the tire size. The last number is the wheel width. There is also another number which is very important. This is offset or backspace. If you take the tire you just bought and put it in the fender opening you will notice that the middle of the tire probably is not centered over the mounting flange of the hub. This is where offset comes in. When a wheel listed as 15 x 8 offers a backspace of 4½" this means that 4½" of the wheel is inboard of the mounting flange and 3½" is outboard to total 8". A 15 x 10 with 4½" backspace would have 5½" to the outside. Let’s run through a quick exercise. Don’t take all of these numbers as gospel because your measurements can be different, especially on tires. Remember back in Step 2 when you took measurement #1, #2 & #3? Let’s say that #1 is 6" and #2 is 5" for a total of 11". The 225/60R15 we talked about had a cross section of 87/8" (we’ll call it 9"). This means that 4½" of tire is inboard and 4½" is outboard. Dimension #2 is 5". That only gives you ½" clearance between the tire and the fender using a centered wheel. If you use the 15 x 8 with a backspace of 4½" that we talked about earlier, here’s what happens: The front side of the wheel is now 3½" which is ½" shallower than it would be on a centered wheel at 4". In essence the outer wheel has been moved back ½" extra so you now have 1" clearance between the tire and the fender. Working out the numbers you also have 1" clearance on the backside - Perfect. A B WHEEL DIMENSIONS Wheel dimensions can be somewhat confusing so we’ll explain them for you. A. This is the overall width of the wheel. It is the total of C & D and usually ¾" to 1" greater than B. B. This measurement is across the wheel between the mounting beads. This is the area that the tire sits in. When you see a wheel listed as 15 x 8 then dimension B is 8". C. This is measured from the mounting flange to the back edge of the wheel. Sometimes called backspace. D. C This is measured from the mounting flange to the front edge of the wheel. Sometimes called front space. *The difference between B & C is called offset. If D is less than C this is negative offset. Then if C is less than D it is positive offset. VENTED vs SOLID Original style steel wheels are often called vented. This term comes from the openings or windows between the wheel center and the outer rim. Solids are just that - solid. They do not have this opening. VENTS 466 466 (800) 221-3673 D Hubcaps s ’ Of Wheels C AB BOLTING YOUR WHEEL TO THE HUB Different styles of wheels use different styles of lug nuts. FLAT Aluminum or Mag wheels sometimes use a flat face or a rounded face nut. Steel wheels including wire wheels usually use a beveled edge nut. ROUNDED BEVELED Make sure the nut is the same diameter and thread as the stud. Chevrolet normally has a 7/16-20 stud where Ford and Mopar use a ½ x 20 stud. Way back when, some cars used RH and LH thread. This is very uncommon, but watch for it. When bolting the wheel on, it’s best to seat a lug nut snugly on each stud before tightening. To uniformly seat the wheel on the hub go around the wheel in a sequence (every other nut on a 5 lug wheel) tighten a little more each round until the correct torque specification is met. Using the wrong lug nuts or not tightening them properly could result in you being in the ditch with sheared studs as your tire heads on down Route 66 into the sunset without you. BOLT PATTERNS This pattern is expressed as the diameter of an imaginary circle that passes through the center of each bolt hole regardless of the number of holes. 4, 5, 6 & 8 lug wheels are all measured in this way. The expression 5 on 4½ just means that there are 5 holes equally spaced around a 4½" diameter circle. Measuring the bolt pattern on a 4, 6 or 8 lug wheel is pretty simple. Just measure from the center of any hole to the center of the hole directly opposite and you’ve got it. On a 5 lug wheel, go from the center of any hole across the center to a point midway between the centerline of the two opposite holes. Remember also that Ford and Mopar use a larger stud so the lug hole in the wheel is larger than GM's. HUB CAP MOUNTING Our 1940-1948 Ford Car & 1940-1956 Ford Pickup hub caps fit our wheels that have inner bumps to capture the outside flange of the cap. Our 1949-1950 Ford Car hub caps fit our wheels that have outer bumps that the cap pops over. OUR HUB CAPS AND BEAUTY RINGS FIT OUR WHEELS. 10¼" 81/8" 1940-48 FORD CAR 1940-56 FORD PICKUP HUB CAPS INNER RETAINING BUMPS ACCEPTS 1940-48 FORD CAR & 1940-56 FORD PICKUP HUB CAPS www.bobdrake.com 1949-50 FORD CAR HUB CAPS OUTER RETAINING BUMPS ACCEPTS 1949-50 FORD CAR HUB CAPS 467 467
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