Hubcap Game Part FOUR

Steve continues the Hubcap Game with another assortment of gems from the dark days before aluminum wheels became the norm rather than the exception.

[@barbaratodd1288]

Steve you know that you got us when you can get us to watch a four part hubcap series'👍

[@Novaman66]

Steve, When I was a youngster, about 6 or 7, my grandfather would take me on a ride to Main Street ,in the small town we lived next to. And parallel park facing traffic,and we would play a game. If I could correctly identify the make and model of an approaching car( before it passed the hardware store) about fifty yards from our location, he would give me a nickel, and for every correct identification, and take away one for every incorrect one.And I did very well! That was in the fifties, I’m 73 now. Your vast knowledge of “ Automobilia” reminds me of those past times with my grandfather which illistrates how cars had individuality,and could told apart from each other,even by a five or six year old( A lost art) as it were! Your ability to tell us the make and model and approx. year of hub caps, evokes those memories. Unlike today where the only identifiers for even makes of cars requires seeing the registration or so to even identify the make. As they seem to be ( cookie cutter ) styling now! Please continue with your “ hub cap “ videos, at least for us more mature fans !!!

[@scoobyroorogers]

Thank you for your story. What a COOL Grandfather you had. I would bet he had just as much fun ( or more) hearing you name the cars as they passed by . Also, you are correct. Cars nowadays are way to much alike.

[@TheHelado36]

Only a man like Steve can make interesting videos about hubcaps ! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@markwheeler8462]

Idea for future video, if your junkyard has an engine storage warehouse it would be fun to see you walk through and use your skills to identify them, pointing out significant features.

[@frankz5864]

I wish I had a Steve as a next door neighbour.

[@mauricecooper176]

I would be grateful to have him for a neighbor myself but let's be happy he makes these videos

[@dubiousf00d]

It would definitely be a quiet. Hes always at the junkyard lol

[@michelletaylor5691]

I wouldn't, hubby would always be hanging out with him

[@79impalajb]

Right I could talk cars with him for hours

[@Ka9radio_Mobile9]

Yes that would be nice, but every morning you would have rocks in your Hub Caps and Tin Cans connected to your undercarriage! :-D

[@Ka9radio_Mobile9]

Steve Magnante is the same to junk yard cars as Paul Harvey was to radio, Just a good soul. Now that's the rest of the story! :-D

[@DanEBoyd]

Good day!

[@donjohnson1416]

Steve, LOVE it how you say ohhhhhhh every time you pick up a cool cap! lol. We can tell you love this job. THANK YOU SIR

[@onemat2000]

Steve, this video reminds me of Scott at Cold War Motors. He frequently talks about hubcaps too. You two guys are my favorite KZbin car channels. I learn so much from you guys. Keep up the fantastic videos.

[@larrygro]

I bet you never thought hubcaps would get you a 5 part series! Wheels are one of the most recognizable parts of classic cars.

[@nickrao4691]

Thank you Steve for all your dedication bringing us these junkyard videos. Being in junkyards myself in summer months in the north east is not easy to do. Hot humidity and insects! Keep up the great work brother!

[@josephmosley9637]

I remember everybody wanted 57 Plymouth hubcaps no matter what they drove. My favorite is 64 Impala SS.

[@daynadiggle8169]

As young children , I can remember us throwing the big lightweight wheel covers like Frisbees down in the local junk yard after hours .

[@joen2418]

I always tell everyone if you grew up in the era where you took the spare from dad's pick up to put on the family car...you had the best upbringing. Don't forget those bumper jacks either.

[@googleusergp]

That Buick hubcap at 2:35 appears to be from an early '80s Skylark which was an "X" car, not a "J" car. There wouldn't be a "J" car until the 1982 model year. Yes, full size Olds and there were two designs of those, one from Norris Industries and one from ITT. I have them on my '84 Delta 88 and I merged the two styles. The clips and the method of locking retention differ between the designs. That could also be a 1977 Caprice as that was the first year for the downsized model. Yes and no on the wheel covers. GM would have the colored ones listed in the parts book until inventory ran out and then it was "paint to match" after that point. That looks like maybe the older Cutlass, as I had a '79 Cutlass with blue color keyed hubcaps and it was slightly different than that. Trim pieces were like that. Every Trans Am interior NOS trim piece I bought was dark blue with a 'paint to match' note in the parts book. SEM trim paint did the trick when done right.....

[@evanyakas]

My 1975 Buick Century 4-door had those exact hubcaps at 10:47.

[@tompaciga7386]

Amazing all the design work that was involved

[@danielumphenour2337]

I collect classic metal Chevrolet hubcaps, and wheel covers. I absolutely love this hubcap series that you are doing. Please keep doing these.

[@DanEBoyd]

LMAO at your reaction to the Buick Skylark X body wheel cover! You sounded like CAMAERAMAN on NEUTRAL DROP! The cloisonné on that Imperial wheel cover is incredible!

[@throttlewatch4614]

The last one , my mom had a 1973 Impala with that hubcap from factory

[@ecw13pi]

I'm gonna be sad when you finally empty that panel van out of hub caps. On the plus side, looks like a shit load more to go!

[@markbehr88]

That was interesting. Got to love the old hubcaps.

[@feelinfine1973]

Coffee and crawl every morning!!

[@markp0752]

I had a 1972 cutlass with those hubcaps. Used them on my 1979 Malibu after that

[@vermontguy7692]

This is a fun feature, Steve. Cap at the 7:39 mark is from a 1958 Oldsmobile 88. I learned to drive on one in 1968 that was our family bus at the time.

[@nealsidor1323]

Love the hubcaps, keep 'em coming...

[@musclecarmitch908]

Love the hubcap crawl!👍

[@davebarron5939]

Learn something (or several) every video, always enjoyable. Thanks Steve.

[@chrisscearce]

Another great video Steve... help Steve with the ch don't forget to like subscribe and share. Hubcap game I play along. I pause the video and try and guess what it is before Steve makes his presentation. Namaste 🙏🏼

[@Hotlog69]

Only if there was an old van filled with cast wheels to yank out and talk about.

[@onemat2000]

Remember those chase scenes from movies like Bullitt and The French Connection? Some cars would be taking corners at high speeds and the wheel covers or hubcaps would come flying off?

[@larryr8492]

Used to pick up and sell wheel covers when I was a kid, kept one. It’s a T-bird cast turbine full cover, similar to that Riviera cover, heavy and just too cool to sell to Hubcap Heaven.

[@lrich8181]

The color keyed hubcap was the same for Comet and Maverick. I had a 1974 Comet 2-door with the halo vinyl roof.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Damn Steve’s an encyclopedia of automotive knowledge!👌😎👍amazing!

[@b.abrackus6403]

Buick Skylark...on the J car

[@markchandler90]

Poverty cap was standard on Impalas at least through 1969. 1957 Chrysler cap is for the 300…I imagine quite valuable. 1957-8 cap identified as possibly Studebaker is once again 1968 Oldsmobile 88.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Been waiting for this

[@tony66au]

Steve Magnante's Hubcap Bingo sounds like a fun game, I noticed some 1970's Ford Wheel covers that made their way onto Aussie produced ZF/ZG and ZH Fairlanes and equivalent LTD's, Interesting that Ford used current US model parts although our Luxury Fords came with 14 inch steel wheels. Chrysler Australia badged and manufactured cars particularly the 60's Dodge A body versions tended to get 4 year old Mopar parts bin stuff, something I found scouring Rockauto, Summit and a few other awesome US parts vendors :-D Find the chassis/Body combo and go back 4 or 5 years and Voila all the fiddly stuff available brand spanking new. Mopar here got Dog dish with fancy trip ring combinations depending on the Vehicle spec with Poverty pack cars getting a Dog Dish Hubcap and Fancy Regals, Mexicana Coupes and Chrysler by Chrysler getting fancy trim rings to compliment with one or two getting colour coded Hub caps. And here I was thinking this was going to bore me to tears and im in hook line AND sinker! :-)

[@forthwithtx5852]

This is really is more impressive than general car info recall. You might remember the caps that came on your car, but every car that the US produced? I do remember sitting on my friend’s front porch and playing a game where, after dark, we would guess the make and model of a car coming down the road, based only on the headlight and running light configuration. The farther out you could call it was the key to winning.

[@wildcman]

That 57 Tbird hubcap is the same one's on our 65 Fairlane Ranch Wagon.

[@dowen1511]

I know hub caps very well my self and I'm impressed really how well you know them as well 💪👍

[@seansullivan4709]

Well, you got a few of them mixed up with the years but a good overall job. Yes, I was always good at knowing the hubcaps and wheel covers. My grandfather had the turbine wheel covers (like the Riviera) on his '71 Malibu 4 door hardtop with the crossed flags center. After he traded it in (for a Pacer), I spotted his car in the new owner's driveway (We lived just outside Boston, my grandparents lived on the CT seashore). I told him I saw his car in New London and he said there were a lot of cars just like his. How many dark brown '71 Malibu 4 door hardtops with a black vinyl roof, tan interior and turbine hubcaps and the 400 did you or anyone else see back in the '70s or now for that matter??? A Malibu optioned just like that one was a rarity.

[@dowen1511]

No Steve think about it its still full of beauty supplies 😂 automotive beauty supplies . that's funny.

[@gerrywood3584]

I love this guy

[@dariuskittredge2821]

Hubcaps can be considered as beauty supplies 😂

[@Truckguy2007]

I hope you find a 62 Galaxy wheel cover! I always liked them.

[@garymckee448]

You are correct on the front wheel drive Buick, had a few of them for basic transportation. Boring vehicles.

[@googleusergp]

More like a Skylark (X body) than a "J" car which didn't come out until 1982.

[@Henry_Jones]

I like generic autozone hubcaps! Got a set once to replace the lost ones from my buick regal and they made the car look 10 years newer. Alot of people did cuz I started noticing them routinely.

[@Henry_Jones]

Skyhawk was the Buick J car. It was the only name to carry over from the previous H car.

[@knutbkristiansen]

Awesome episode

[@ronniejr1983]

Love how your right in the patina

[@JUDGERAMBO]

Replacement covers may not have been painted, only the ones from the factory. new cars are like that with body color mirrors, grills and bumper inserts. Parts need to be painted when replaced most don't find out until they open the box.

[@garyeverhart2260]

back in the '80s I go around Oakland season starts in the winter time you can have caps all the time I go see the biggest pahoe and get like 50 hubcaps and I sell enough to swap meet

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Back in the day , when people would park a car in the yard , street , where ever . my Brother could tell you what kind of car it was just by looking at it covered up and was always correct !

[@maineiacman]

I wonder if someone has seen one they need from this series.

[@tanyanickles6917]

Those riviera hub caps would look nice on my 66 riv

[@TheMG4hubcap]

Loved it!

[@s277garage6]

I collect car parts, I have a crap ton of hubcaps. It's actually pretty fun to figure out which hubcaps belong to what cars.

[@luispacheco2403]

Love this

[@papasmodelcarroom8450]

Love the hubcap game

[@MarvinHartmann452]

2:33 Buick skylark X body from 1982/1983.

[@adeeponionbrah]

Impressive!

[@jamesblair9614]

Those big GM fake wire wheel hub caps don’t look too bad, as far as that sort of thing goes, they look incredibly complex, and I’m sure they cost quite a bit. There must have been a handful of subcontractors that supplied all the hubcaps to the manufacturers, as they did with wheels.

[@paulshobbyshop5416]

I knew this was coming when I saw it in the background in another video the other day 😁

[@chrislemaster2695]

The Buick J Car was the SkyHAwk

[@rosshodge333]

First hubcap was identical to my Dads 64 Olds F85. 14" rim. Option list called them wheel discs back then.

[@johnjenkins8782]

Steve you're going to head back to do another episode one day and that truck will be empty, except for the pep boy wires.

[@HarrySach]

Beauty supplies are gone? I think not 😂

[@daviderickson9445]

@ 7:40, 1958 Oldsmobile

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

Steve what happen to your music intro in the beginning of video.

[@bluehillcemetery2887]

4 door mavericks 5oo cool, remember the Tijuana taxi?

[@oldschoolgamer5932]

Amazing knowledge, thanks!

[@randyauer7303]

Get well soon

[@rheidtech]

Your knuckles must ache after this. Lol..

[@88SC]

On the roof: 1962 Pontiac Tempest.

[@Qusin111]

Lets make a checkers game with hub caps ... please :)

[@christopherprince3250]

Waiting on part 5....

[@tony-ps4qw]

We don't see any Cadillac spoked wheel covers- probably still valuable!

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

More like this 👍

[@dubiousf00d]

This could be a regular thing,and I'd be A-ok with that!!

[@mexicanspec]

2:32 Not the J car, Steve, that was for the X car Skylark.

[@davidszakacs6888]

Buick J-Car was the Skyhawk

[@dowen1511]

This is so much fun 😂👍

[@kennethmello5353]

Hi Steve, Hub caps are beauty supplies!!! What do they do for a car?

[@oops1952]

Some of those wheel covers were pricey. A friend got a super deal on a caddy with one spoked cap missing. He said he couldn't find a used one but he could order it from GM for $1,500.....OUCH.... I think it was late '90s.....

[@buckster2575]

The last set of hub caps the Biscayne one my dad has a set.he had a 69 ss Impala not for sure what they was on.

[@bluehillcemetery2887]

What,no deer head?

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

👍👍

[@pauldeschamps8965]

Alot of subliminal stuff going on love it ha

[@bartscanland9415]

Well actually, this panel truck still has beauty supplies, what else are wheel covers for? 0:17

[@UberLummox]

You can go ahead and skip all the "newer" ones. 🙂

[@genehunsinger3981]

:50

[@SpeedyG289]

Or on my dad’s 57 country sedan wagon.

[@ford8467]

Hi Steve would you by any chance know where i could find a quater window for the drivers side 1972 T-Bird

[@aldanovaico181]

You probably charge some money by signing a bunch of those caps and sell them…. Just a thought.

[@Mo-Town_Auto_Icons]

STEVE...YOU GOTTA TAKE THAT MIC OFF WHEN IN THERE PULLING THOSE OUT FOR USE GUYS WITH EAR BUDS IN...PLEASE LOL...IF THE VOL IS AT 4 I SWEAR THE ''SCREECH'' COMES IN AT 12

[@passionfortheword9817]

But aren't hubcaps just beauty products for cars?.......lol

[@MrBlackbutang]

Afterburner

[@scottbogfoot]

Steve, can you do a video talking about the Apallo astronaut corvettes?

[@christopherbero3388]

Have you ever not got a cover correct?

[@kellytolliver2390]

And after my own hart full of useless knowledge to most but gold to gear heads 👌