just picked up a pair of old HT/HK/HG gts hubcaps today, when i gave them a wash i noticed that whilst one was black as per normal, the other appeared to be painted silver, anyoen seen this before? is it for a specific model?
thanks
Ryan

yup poverty pack bogan bus was fitted with em standard


they are meant to be chrome with a bit of black paint ( the paint flakes off after a bit )

I love the old Monaros. There are slight differences from model to model with the caps eg fake wheel nuts screwed or riveted, center insignia painted red or black etc.

The silver sections should be polished and the dark grey sections are painted. I restored a set for a friends HK307 GTS a few years back.

W

ok, both have the red insignia and both are chrome, its just that one has black painted sections and rivets, the other has silver painted sections and screws, so its not the all over paint pov-pac, just seemingly a different colour (silver) in the sections that are usually painted black

Not a monaro but here is my dads HQ SS he picked up two weeks ago

No 253 or 4 speed manual but apart from that basically original oh and no GTS wheels, only the Cragars


[ Edited on 11-4-2007 by NathanVW ]

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nice, looking at that maybe they do fade, one of mine is a little lighter then the top left one, figures it was painted that way. shame they are 14", i recon they woudl look great on my ride.

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Originally posted by NathanVW [ Edited on 11-4-2007 by NathanVW ]

do you want to sell the caps my mate had his stolen recently of his HT

Im considering whether to sell them or turn them into furniture, as they look so cool, unfortunately there is a bit of damage to them (a small dint in each and some pretty average gravel rash) is your mate into other old cars? maybe he has something to trade that i can use on my ride? its a buggar when cheeky bastards nick off with bits of your pride and joy

Yeah that is a nice Qey! I own a restored Premier 253/auto/air/steer and I love cruising in it when I feel like a change from VWs... it doesn't get driven much!

As for those hubcaps; different assembly plants (two in Melbourne, one each in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide up until the 1980s) used different paint brews and maybe this is why they are different... possibly you have ended up with a 'mixed' set

[ Edited on 14-4-2007 by VWCOOL ]