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chrysler300c
Posted 2008-05-03 8:25 PM (#128415)
Subject: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho		Does anyone know what this ForwardLook wheelcover goes to? Do you know where I can get any more of them. I only have this one good one.

Thanks
George




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StillOutThere
Posted 2008-05-03 8:42 PM (#128416 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Under the X in Texas		What size wheel would it fit?  13-14-15"???  I'm thinking the uneven length chevrons in the forwardlook emblem started in '62 and the emblem was gone by '64 on the cars.  That would make it '62-63 something or other.  I really don't remember ever seeing that cap.
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imopar380
Posted 2008-05-03 8:45 PM (#128417 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada		Never seen one like it before, could it possibly have been made up ? It certainly doesn't look like anything I've ever seen on a FL car before.
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firedome
Posted 2008-05-03 9:46 PM (#128429 - in reply to #128417)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: NY & VT		Me either- I wonder if was a generic FL cover sold by J.C.Whitney? If so they would have had to have gotten permission to use the trademarked FL emblem. Really like it.

Edited by firedome 2008-05-03 9:48 PM
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1955Coronado
Posted 2008-05-03 10:41 PM (#128450 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona		'55 Dodge?

Count me in with the first-timer crowd.....
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firedome
Posted 2008-05-03 10:59 PM (#128455 - in reply to #128450)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: NY & VT		With those white concentric circles it bears a lot of resemblance to a 55 or 56 Olds wheelcover...

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Lancer Mike
Posted 2008-05-03 11:42 PM (#128458 - in reply to #128455)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: The Mile High City		I remember there was some discussion about a forward look hubcap a while ago. It was for an Australian ute or some such. I wonder if Australia also made a wheel cover - more particularly, a spinner wheel cover?
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2008-05-04 12:32 AM (#128462 - in reply to #128458)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Parts Unknown		This is stock to no U.S. market Forward Look car I have ever seen. The spinner and flat area of concentric rings looks like 58 Olds or Pontiac ?, but the outside dimples are unfamiliar. Id the white part with the FL emblem part of the stainless, or is it an insert ? My first guess is "home made", but maybe someone will surprise me. As long as we are asking "what is this off of .... anyone ever seen one of these before ?



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MOPAR-TO-YA
Posted 2008-05-04 12:56 AM (#128463 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover


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Location: cornpatch county, Southwest IOA		Doc--That is a device to be able to see overhead stoplights--usually for cars with sunvisors. Bur I have never seen one with the FL logo...................................NO
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2008-05-04 1:03 AM (#128464 - in reply to #128463)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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MOPAR-TO-YA - 2008-05-04 9:56 PM

Doc--That is a device to be able to see overhead stoplights--usually for cars with sunvisors. Bur I have never seen one with the FL logo...................................NO


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Oh yeah, .... I know WHAT it is. The question was more "What did it come off of ?". I can't find it in parts books or options brochures.
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wizard
Posted 2008-05-04 8:12 AM (#128475 - in reply to #128462)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island		Really cool Brent, we never had them in Sweden, since the stoplights normally was mounted on common sign poles by the side of the road. If one had what we called "gangster-cap" on (outside sunvisor) those lenses was almost a necessity to be able to see the stoplights.
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fury61
Posted 2008-05-04 9:04 AM (#128477 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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chrysler300c - 2008-05-03 8:25 PM

Does anyone know what this ForwardLook wheelcover goes to? Do you know where I can get any more of them. I only have this one good one.

Thanks
George
I believe these hubcaps are a chrysler Australia accessory that were available on the Chrysler Royals built and sold in australia in the late 1950s up until 1962.
I will provide a photo of the vehicle so that you may see the vehicle in question, the were based on the early 50s plymouth
and were somewhat mismatched with late fifties rear end treatments and and mid '50s front clips, odd looking cars to those of us used to the full sized US models! cheers Chris from Melb, Aus

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1955Coronado
Posted 2008-05-04 5:04 PM (#128521 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona		AH!!!!! I've got it!!!!!

Oldsmobile. 1953-1956 is my guess - most likely 1953 or 1954.

Edit: Sorry, Roger. Didn't realize you'd posted, essentially, the same thing.

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1960fury
Posted 2008-05-04 5:32 PM (#128524 - in reply to #128521)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: northern germany		the center section looks familiar. my guess is homemade forwardlook sign.

http://www.hubcapmike.com/53-54-55-olds-wheel-covers.html
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chrysler300c
Posted 2008-05-04 6:44 PM (#128530 - in reply to #128458)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho		As I recall, I did buy this from a guy in Australia.... so it probably goes to something from there. Maybe a Royal or whatever else they made down under. I wish I had 3 more to put on some cool forwardlook car sometime in the future.

George

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chrysler300c
Posted 2008-05-04 6:47 PM (#128531 - in reply to #128462)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



Expert ,, George Passed away July 28th 2021, He will be Missed

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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho		It is 15 inch and the white is painted in and looks to be original paint all around on it. I don't think it is home made.

George
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chrysler300c
Posted 2008-05-04 6:53 PM (#128532 - in reply to #128524)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



Expert ,, George Passed away July 28th 2021, He will be Missed

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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho		I think Fury61 might have the right idea on it. When I bought it, I got three more but the were so rusty that they were falling apart. I would like to hear more from someone downunder too.

George
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chrysler300c
Posted 2008-05-04 6:54 PM (#128533 - in reply to #128532)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



Expert ,, George Passed away July 28th 2021, He will be Missed

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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho		I will take a picture of the back of it. The whole center section is one piece.

George
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ronbo97
Posted 2008-05-04 7:30 PM (#128535 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover


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George -

 Can you remove the center spinner ? I assume it's potmetal, so it may have a part number stamped inside, or at least a DPCD logo, which would verify that it's not a custom job. Is there an ink stamped part number on the inside of the stainless disk, as I've seen for 59 Dodge hubcaps ?

Ron 

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roadkillontheweb
Posted 2008-05-04 9:06 PM (#128544 - in reply to #128415)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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Location: Iowa USA		Chrysler Royal AP3 accessory spinner caps (Australain market only) made in approx 1961-63?
They made several versions from poverty caps through the spinners
Below is a picture of the AP1 style non spinner cap from the literature


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chrysler300c
Posted 2008-05-04 9:23 PM (#128546 - in reply to #128535)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover



Expert ,, George Passed away July 28th 2021, He will be Missed

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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho		It can be remove but it is not potmetal.... it is stamped or pressed metal. I will post a picture in just a second.

George
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chrysler300c
Posted 2008-05-04 9:25 PM (#128547 - in reply to #128544)
Subject: RE: ForwardLook Wheelcover



Expert ,, George Passed away July 28th 2021, He will be Missed

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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho		sure looks a lot like it but without the spinner. Her are the pictures of the back side.

George




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fury61
Posted 2008-05-05 3:41 AM (#128577 - in reply to #128532)
Subject: Re: ForwardLook Wheelcover



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chrysler300c - 2008-05-04 6:53 PM

I think Fury61 might have the right idea on it. When I bought it, I got three more but the were so rusty that they were falling apart. I would like to hear more from someone downunder too.

George
Hi George, they are uniquely Australian hub caps I have come accross literally dosens of these hubcaps at various swapmeets and such over the years most of the time they were in very bad condition, I myself have a couple similar hanging up in my shed, but they are a generic type cap without the f/l symbol, the survival rate of these habcaps isnt all that great mainly due to their less than average chrome/nickle plating technique when first manufactured. these where also offered as after market type accessories in "14 and "15 and suited f*%d and GM applications too! I suppose this was our attempt to keep with all the fancey spinner and flipper hub caps you guys had avail in the US I suppose! Hope this sheds some light on the subject! cheers Chris.
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