Dog dish hubcaps

[Burdar]

Some are stainless, others are aluminum. When did they change? I picked up an aluminum one today for a wall hanger. I thought the finish looked strange. It turns out it was painted an aluminum color. Did the factory ever paint them? The black "ribs" on the side looked factory painted.

[RUNCHARGER]

There were painted steel ones on the really low line pick up trucks. I'm not sure when they went from stainless to aluminum, sometime after 72 most likely.

[JH27N0B]

I looked into the subject trying to figure out which was correct when I was seeking parts for my T/A, and at the time the word seemed to be that aluminum was phased in sometime around spring of '70.  Therefore T/As were aluminum, but most '70s were steel.  By '71 they were all stainless.
I have a painted NOS aluminum one, I've never figured out the story on those are.

[6bblgt]

correct, the aluminum Dodge ones were introduced around the T/A introduction, Plymouth waited for 1971

the painted ones, steel & aluminum are truck parts

[Burdar]

So they started out as stainless, then moved to aluminum...then back to stainless?  I've also got a set of stainless ones that I think came off of a 74 Dart Sport originally.  They were stainless in 74?

the painted ones, steel & aluminum are truck parts

Good to know thanks!  Well, they aren't painted any more.  The seller had a sticker on it that I couldn't remove cleanly.  I had a can of brake clean handy so I thought maybe that would loosen up the glue.     It was only $5 and is a little dented up.  It's getting turned into a clock.

[6bblgt]

They were stainless in 74?

I don't think so

[Cuda_mark]

I think he meant to say by '71 they were all aluminum

[Burdar]

I'll have to take a closer look at them.  They look stainless from a distance.  They are buried in the shed right now.

[JH27N0B]

I think he meant to say by '71 they were all aluminum

Yup, I meant by '71 they were all aluminum.  I can't walk and chew gum at the same time let alone think and type correctly at the same time!