Mid '30 Hubcap Skins

[Billy J]

Does anyone know how to remove skins from hubcaps without damaging the skin ? Hubcaps with skins were used on mid-thirties Hudson, Terraplane, Chevrolet, and possibly others. Have small dents in the hubcaps that could be easily fixed if the skin could be removed.

Any tips or suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks, Bill Johnson

[Rusty_OToole]

They often had a thin brass skin crimped onto a steel hubcap. You could try carefully bending up the crimp, work your way around the hubcap  little by little, lifting it in stages, 3 or 4 stages until you can gently pry or slip the cover off.

[Alex D.]

Depending on the cap, a metal spinner maybe able to put it on his lathe and peal back the crimp. I have a friend that spins metal and it worked great. Once I repair the skin it will be put back together and sent to the chrome plater.