1934? Dodge Hubcaps

[pkhammer]

Here's one for the Dodge experts, @Scott Bonesteel @keiser31 I believe these hubcaps are approximately 1934, but they are all different. The small one is only about 7" diameter. The larger ones are about 8 1/2" diameter, but mount differently. Anybody know why the differences?

 

[keiser31]

Check out this early post for some information....

 

Edited March 24, 2023 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[pkhammer]

 Thank you for that, it was helpful. I did not see where it addressed the very small diameter one that I have. Could that one be for the spare tire cover??

[Scott Bonesteel]

Spare tire cover hubcaps (for the sidemounts, where the cap attaches to the wheel) are the same as the regular caps.  The ones for the rear covers are the same size but they have two heavy tabs, one of which comes out of a lock mechanism, both tabs go into slots in the cover, not the wheel.  If you look at the caps in your photo, the one with the back rim without clips is a 35, where the clips are on the wheel itself (and the wheel center is one piece, better rims, not as prone to cracking as the 34s which are two-piece centers, sandwiched together).  The ones with the clips are 34s but as you can see one has three clips and the other only has two.  The three clip caps are for the 34, two-piece center artillery wheels.  The one with only two sets of clips is for the wire wheels.  The attached photo shows the back of two 34 hubcaps for the rear tire covers, you can see the smaller size of the cap insert for wire wheels. (Both wire wheel caps and artillery wheel caps have only two sets of clips, since the locking tab on the top and the fixed tab on the bottom get inserted into the cover to hold the cap in place).  Mopar stuff from the mid 30s is always fun... .  SMB