Hubcap Game TWENTY ONE

Rudolph Dieselhead may have a screw loose, but that doesn’t mean we can’t dredge more relics out of the Magic Hubcap Van!

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man I remember those Jeep hubcaps so well! My Dad had Jeep’s in the 60s with them! Aaahhh the memories! A 1965 cj5 and a j-2000.👌😎👍

[@sonnymoon9851]

I LOVE HUBCAPS! THANKS FOR KEEPING THIS GOING FOR 21 EPISODES!!

[@Funsho97]

Love the Hubcap Game!!! Keep em coming!!!

[@renchjeep]

Good stuff, Steve! But I do believe that Impala/Caprice hubcap was a later model than 74, more like 82-86 or so. Thanks for continuing The Hubcap Game! Bringing back memories for sure!

[@bluecollarred6912]

You're right my uncle had one 1988 caprice. Also like every late 80s chevy cop car

[@speedfreak8200]

All I have left of my 68' Jeep Wagoneer 🚙 is the hub caps.They come new with the front ones cut out to clear the hubs ✂️ bought from the original owner, I wheeled the hell out of it & called it the War Wagoneer, great mammaries, steve

[@mexicanspec]

The last Cadillac wheel covers were on a 1956 model a friend had. The 1959 - 1960 covers were very different.

[@michaellinner7772]

Just as with license plates hubcaps are very cool and worthy of display on the garage wall but even more so. Hubcaps are often great works of art. I wouldn't collect them myself though, just in case someone out there is looking for that exact hubcap to finish off their restoration. I think that Pontiac one was from a Fiero. The domed caps kinda made it look like air was leaking out of the tire and pushing the cap off. Those Aspens and Volares of the late 70s were unbelievably crappy. It's nice to know that my OCD isn't just peculiar to me. I can't go to the grocery store without arranging my items in a specific order to check out. It makes it easier to look at the receipt, at least that's what I tell myself. Thanks for the info and entertainment. We love ya Steve.

[@scott6896]

Hey Steve, I love how you just know where each part came from and its history, whether its a hubcap or a whole car too!

[@wreckerjonny6144]

4:25 Christine's hubcap

[@thefixmdude22512]

Hello Steve. That small hub cap that stumped you I believe to be the base hubcaps for the 78 up Chevy G body's. Like the police package ones. Love your vids.

[@HotRollBrad]

In high school about 1976 we would pop off one of those hubcaps and put a couple of rocks in it. Slap it back on and laugh when someone drove away. It makes a hell of a lot of noise.

[@volktales7005]

I am still enjoying the Hubcap game. I am not much younger than you Steve, and remember these hubcaps well from back in the day too. I once found a Caddy hubcap identical to the last one in a ditch as a kid. Think I sold it at a swap meet awhile later for $20 and thought I was rolling in dough!

[@burthenry7740]

Another 'exciting episode' of the HCG ! Seeing the '58 Plymouth wheel cover reminded me of a good friend and fellow old car lover, Jim. He was 25 years older than me and loved the '57 Plymouth wheel covers.They were wildly popular at the time and were often subject to theft. Owners would mark them on the inside with their names to deter thieves and to aid in their recovery. He had several sets in his garage and would still put them on anything that had 14" wheels. They were,as he liked to say, "The cats' ass ! "

[@kenttalsma7906]

At the end there when Steve talks about Dodge's sales brochure and how all hubcaps had their script in a "typeset" or readable position..."if it bothered them it should bother you too". Junkyard gold right there. ✅️

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Kent Talsma, Thanks for writing. We can't say "Junkyard Gold" or Trend Motor Backwards might send the lawyers! Lets call it Junkyard Zinc. Or maybe Junkyard Silver. Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@kenttalsma7906]

@@SteveMagnante gotcha. Scrapheap precious metal right there I tell ya.

[@will7its]

@@SteveMagnante Junkyard Pyrite Steve.....😇

[@jeffclark2725]

If only the Spinner hub caps had been created back then, That would have been a solution to the wheel covers being ot of clock position

[@mexicanspec]

@@SteveMagnante Go above Gold, Steve to Platinum. Junkyard Platinum.

[@robertparker3172]

When Kaiser Jeep was purchased by AMC in 1970 they changed the color combo to blue and red. The red and brown combo suggests pre 1970.

[@thechriscollection9983]

The last Cadillac cap is from a 55...maybe a 56. The 59 was quite a bit of a flatter design. Cool vid from a hubcap collector here!

[@sorenandersen2159]

Awesome! Great video. Great stuff man thanks!

[@Tshade67]

I believe the mystery poverty cap is from an Chevy Astro van.

[@michaelstrafello7346]

Must be deer hunting season poor Rudolph

[@KlepsGarage]

Baby vomit yellow. Your killing me. 😂😂😂😂 you must have a photo graphic men. I know my cars. But you’re on another level. Good on ya.

[@tomkelley8313]

LOVE THE HUBCAP GAME!!!!!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

👍👍👍👍

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you Steve

[@MarvinHartmann452]

8:44 1981/83 chevy malibu. I'm huge nerd. I know. Lol I like these videos so much. Thank you.

[@kamranetemad4968]

More hubcap gold ✨️ love these series.

[@davediamond9436]

that unidentified cap reminded me of something i would see in a j c Whitney catalog as a dirt cheap cap to spruce up your old beater

[@donhoffman3206]

When my father would find a hubcap at the side of the road he would bring it home and make a bird feeder out of it. He had a few of them hanging from his fruit trees in the backyard. Only problem was the crows stealing the seeds!

[@Litauen-yg9ut]

Sold my Cragar SS wheels and BFG tires to a long time friend a couple weeks back. I swore I had a couple Stainless Dodge dog dish caps that were in a wooden crate buried in the shed where the wheels were. No dog dishes, no idea what I did with them, but I found a full wheel cover for an SS something. Thanks to Dr Google, 1964 Impala SS. That will go on my mancave wheel instead of the Dodge hubcap..... unless I can remember where I put them.

[@glenkerns9564]

The aluminum dog dish is a Chevy. From about 76. I have a set on my 76 Nova and they are original equipment.

[@robj2704]

Yep. Had a 74 Ghia 'Stang.

[@markchandler90]

1:00 is also 1968 full size Chevrolet. 8:48 is 1970s Nova, Malibu poverty cap….plain and cheap compared to 1960s and earlier.

[@gillboardman8998]

I swear, for just a flash second, that last Cadillac hub cap, when you turned it over, distinctly looked like it was a 4 lug wheel. 🤔 My mind went, "Cadillac, 4 lug?"🤪

[@bluecollarred6912]

Steve at 3:20 that's like a late 1980s caprice wheel, came on last model of the "box" caprice . Believe me a know my uncle had one at the time, so did every cop car on the in the late 90s as a kid being into street racing I knew them well. Lol

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon

[@spamanator666]

Freiberger wants those Jeep ones now after his last episode where they were flying off into the swamp.

[@chrisblackburn1872]

I'm thinking maybe AMC on the mystery cap.😎👍

[@Jupitermustangmike]

Carol Marol would be proud of your hand jive

[@redneck5356]

Always a good start to a snowy morning with Steve and the hubcap game

[@jah9791]

Rudolph has jumped the shark.

[@samiam5557]

Hope to see Steve do another hubcap game episode! Get well soon Sir.

[@Novaman66]

Can’t get enough, H C G !!!

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! Morning to all ! Ahah hub caps & coffee !

[@SteveMagnante]

Morning!

[@xfactorautomotive1496]

Steve! You put Rocks in some poor old guys hubcaps when you were a kid?! You little renegade! 😊

[@SuperOperator4]

Coffee and caps. The right way to start the week!

[@donlum9128]

I need the jeep hubcap baby moon.

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello don lum, as with everything shown on these Junkyard Crawl videos, its probably for sale. If you want to inquire, just call Bernardston Auto Wrecking owner Dale Hastings at 413/648-9300. Tell him you want that hub cap and tell him its on the ground by the driver-side door of the Yellow Hubcap Van so he can quickly find it. If you need it, just call Dale! Thanks for watching, Steve Magnante

[@tkflanagan4449]

You have a P.H.D. in anything on Wheels!!!

[@mcqueenfanman]

4:15 one of Christine's hub caps?

[@mexicanspec]

This is number 21 and I have watched them all. I have not seen a wheel cover from the 1968 Ford Galaxie 500. Is there a wheel cover you are waiting to see?

[@t.s.racing]

And who doesn't like a kinky spinner. I'll have 2 please.

[@christopherprince3250]

That Caddy wheel cover would make an awesome clock for your man cave.

[@bruceprentice6441]

My favourite was the Valiant dog dish at the start. I had them, and loved their simplicity and good looks

[@SteveMagnante]

Good choice!

[@chrisscearce]

Hi Steve, another great video. Never a disappointing experience during the hudcap game. I think the mystery hudcap could of been from a 3rd gen Ford van. Won't be the 1st time I was wrong. LoL 😆 🤣 Namaste 🙏🏼

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

That or a pickup from the same era was my first thought too. If the truck was ordered with the "brite" trim package, it also had stainless hub caps. I'm not sure if they had that much of a dome to them though.

[@googleusergp]

No that is a Pontiac “A” body front wheel drive 6000. Nice to see Katie is friendly and joining the episode. Dodge Chargers also had those. Both of my parents’ Chargers (1972 and 1974) had them. Yes that is a part number or date code tag. That looks like a Chevy Nova dog dish from about 1973 and up. Some year Camaros also used it. I have a set of three that a friend gave me along with some GM OBS parts and a 1968 Sears air compressor. In my friend's case, they were on a 1976 Nova that he had.

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Google User GP, ding-ding-ding-ding!!! (game show sound effect)...You Won! Correct you are about that "bland face, no-name" aluminum hub cap that stumped me in the moment. Yep, its from a mid-late 1970's F or X body. Now that you mention it, my mind's eye remembers them from 1976 Chevy Nova 9C1 cop package cars mounted to white steel wheels. Also I can conjure basic 6-banger Camaros from the same era wearing them. I can recall seeing them on a red Camaro six banger with matched red steel wheels surrounding the semi-shiny aluminum hub cap. Sort of a cool look to my eye. Thanks again for watching and providing thoughtful, accurate commentary. -Steve Magnante

[@googleusergp]

@@SteveMagnante Sure. I have a set of three up on Ebay and Craigslist. My friend somehow had only three of them. He moved to FL when he retired and cleaned out his garage and gave the contents to me. There were some treasures in there. We agreed to split the profits of any sales and so far, we've done pretty good. My friend isn't computer and internet savvy, so he left the legwork of getting them photographed and listed online to me. The "bonus" was the free 1968 Sears air compressor and any NOS parts I found in the stash that fit my cars (a few do). The rest I have up for sale. Those hubcaps should fit: 1973 to 1979 Chevrolet Nova 76-77 Chevrolet Malibu 76-85 Chevrolet Camaro 78-83 Chevrolet Malibu

[@michaelstrafello7346]

Wow live animal

[@joemcmillan5415]

Love this series. Im at about 75% accurate.

[@Bill-cv1xu]

✋

[@joefisk4448]

To me the Mustang Ghia cap is meant to simulate a wire wheel not a honeycomb.

[@johnh8917]

Steve! Your out here teaching old dogs new tricks! Never noticed the (frog) in the ford hubcaps! Good stuff!

[@SteveMagnante]

Thanks 👍

[@artjones2498]

Save the hub caps....thanks steve

[@mikehotchkiss8975]

I'm embarrassed to say I called the Maverick and the Volare before you declared what they were. And the body coloured option on the high trim level Maverick was in my head. Wow those cars were bad

[@barberjeff67]

Baby vomit yellow..! 🤣🤣🤣

[@martinasplund7609]

Think that last one is from a 1956 Cadillac :)

[@bradjames7206]

Yay! Hub cap game!

[@zzzoo2]

Thanks Steve! #1 definitely goes to the 3D center Imperial, 2 to the big Caddy, and 3...maybe the Jeep. I agree that the positive dome caps don’t look that good. Everything looks better with deep dishes!

[@olivei2484]

Does a dog like hub caps? I think you know the answer.

[@billmanzke758]

How about a wheel game like the hubcap game?

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Bill Manzke, I agree that a Wheel Game would be fun and informative. And Bernardston Auto Wrecking does have many, many large piles of wheels and tires laying about. The only hassle is how large and cumbersome most wheels actually are. By contrast, hubcaps are light and make great Frisbees / UFO hoax photo bait at the end of the day. Also, though there are many cool wheels out in those piles, most are plain-Jane / generic steelies. These are about 80-percent if what I see. The hassle here is the need to DIG DOWN forcibly in these huge wheel piles to find the "gems". Otherwise I fear the parade of bland black-painted steelies with an occasional cool wheel might get tedious. Not saying "never" to a Wheel Game, just maybe. Thanks again for writing. -Steve Magnante

[@stetsonwalker]

Am curious if you answer these, when I was a kid we had a 1969 Plymouth Fury III ex state patrol interceptor. Had fairly generic small hubcaps saying Plymouth. A few years later we upgraded to a 1973 Dodge Polera with the exact same caps saying dodge division with holes about an inch apart. Did the holes have a purpose? BTW both cars were built to run!

[@throckmorton8477]

The reason I heard was the holes allowed heat to escape from the hub/wheel bearings. The highway patrol cars being used almost exclusively on the interstates or state routes. But who knows, as the saying goes, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story! " 😁

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Charles Overturf, Lucky You for having personal experience with those great Plymouth Police Pursuits! Yes, the "corporate hub cap" gained 18 small diameter holes in 1974. The point was to allow whatever heat was trapped inside the closed caps to escape. I can't imagine this had much of an impact on wheel bearing life or brake fade resistance, but it does give those "fleet hub caps" a mean, no-nonsense vibe. These 18-hole hubcaps were never put on "civilian" cars (they retained the solid face but used the same stamping), but were common on Taxis and other Fleet-Package vehicles as well as police interceptors. The details, the details! Thanks again for writing. -Steve Magnante

[@johnh8917]

Freiburg needs those wagoner caps!

[@steveib724]

Steve I still wanna see you do this in the winter I think it would be great thanks. come on lots of retirees wants to see this content thanks again 👍

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Stevei b, today is Monday, 12-12-22 as I write this and yes there was a light snow last night. If it is gone by later this week, we will shoot more Junkyard Crawl videos. BUT if the cars are not clearly visible due to snow coverage, I'd rather wait until they are and shoot videos then. The hassle with snow is how it covers up details and / or forces me to dig them out before we shoot. Fingers get cold! But what will we do if the cars are too covered to see and shoot? Fear not, we have a stash or pre-recorded Junkyard Crawl videos made just for those rare days. And these videos are from a fresh junkyard with many, many weird old vehicles! You'll like them. Until then, "pray for sunshine". Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@steveib724]

@@SteveMagnante 90% of us know what we looking at just don't want u to lose momentum on the channel.not that you will ! u were building a big block update that would be great when it's too snowie out thanks for the reply 👍

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

I still want to see how the cop car project is coming along.

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525]

We have blackjack at Steve's seat! Congratulations hubcap episode number 21. I'm glad the magic gnomes keep your Chevy panel van stocked with hub caps

[@SteveMagnante]

Yes! Thank you!

[@michaelmoore5339]

Just Imperial Steve, not Chrysler Imperial. I expected better from a fellow Mopar nut like me. Lol

[@jeffclark2725]

There was some great art work put into these hubcaps, thumbs up

[@loualiberti4781]

OMG !!! Finally I was dying for more Hubcaps !! 😃

[@bbo40]

Doesn't it ever rain in this junkyard ?

[@frankjones4094]

Yep. On days he's not recording.😁

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello bbo40, I always shoot on dry days and admit, I've been lucky. But we did get some light showers a few weeks ago. To "save the day" we did some "School Bus" videos where we hid inside out of the rain and explored the contents. Those videos (about 2 or 3) are on the Channel Playlist. Binge away if you'd like! Thanks again, Steve Magnante

[@christopherbero3388]

Glad that other dog is gone

[@UnfinishedProjectDartSport]

~

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

👍🏻🇦🇺💯

[@mexicanspec]

Not CHRYSLER Imperial.

[@dubiousf00d]

Could not have timed this better. Was waiting for another hubcap game. 21 now! Old enough to grab a cold one now.

[@johnh8917]

Love the hubcap game!

[@markp0752]

That’s a ford van hubcap

[@bluehillcemetery2887]

Loving the game!

[@scottpreble3330]

My father's 64 jeep j200 had those caps on too and the front caps weren't cut out nice either.

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Scott Preble, OK so maybe Kaiser-Jeep got a little crude on the front caps for 4x4 applications? I guess I'm too ":Big Three Blind" where most everything is finished and tidy. That wasn't about putting quality first, rather, this "perfection" was baked into the manufacturing process to ELIMINATE hands-on manual effort by a finisher. Those guys were UNION MEMBERS and needed to get paid for putting hands on parts. But maybe Jeep held a lower standard of execution and let the raw edges show versus putting a rolled lip into the edge after the punch press comes down to knock out the hole for the 4x4 hub. Just a guess. I like how all of this Junkyard Detective Work is constantly evolving and knowledge is gained in steps. Thanks for contributing your testimony to the fact Jeep "got medieval" on making those hub holes! -Steve Magnante

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I had a 72 wagoneer and it had those exact hub caps on it. The front ones have the holes cut in them for the front locking hubs to be accessed.

[@devinecars8033]

Mornin

[@cookieman0916]

😊

[@b.abrackus6403]

I am getting weary of the Hubcap games..l am about ready to drive up to that junkyard and buy them hubcaps up, so Steve can move forward with other content!

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello B.A. Brackus, Thanks for watching and writing. The Hub Cap Game is just a small part of the Junkyard Crawl channel. We shoot 7 videos every week, only 1 is a Hubcap Game. That means 6 out of 7 videos is about a vehicle. Decent odds, no? Anyhoo, Thanks again for writing. -Steve Magnante

[@bigcountry9593]

These were interesting for the first 10, now it's obvious it's just filler content

[@samholdsworth420]

I disagree. Because I enjoy them.

[@bigcountry9593]

@@samholdsworth420 good for you, that's your opinion, this is mine

[@samholdsworth420]

@@bigcountry9593 and it's a piss poor opinion

[@samholdsworth420]

@@bigcountry9593 btw your comment is clearly wrong when there are people here who enjoy it 😆

[@bigcountry9593]

@@samholdsworth420 you don't get to tell people there wrong because they don't agree with you, you're nobody

[@neshpro6521]

You find any that’ll fit the Silent Malibu? I’m looking for two factory 67 Chevelle Malibu caps to fit the car I saved from your video! @neshpro6521

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello NeshPro, Thanks for your support of Bernardston Auto Wrecking. You are guaranteed to have "the most gawked at car at the car show" - especially in rust-free Texas!!! I will surely trigger lots of "why buy a rusty car?" comments to which you can reply..."why NOT? AND they are MUCH LESS COSTLY than any rust-free core could ever be!" Right? As for the hubcaps for your Silent Malibu, I know we did feature a few of the BASE small diameter hub caps as used on 1966 / 1967 Chevy II / Novas and (I think) base level Chevelle 300's in your model year. There are at least 2 I've pulled out of the Magic Hubcap Van so far and I'd bet there might be a full set of 4 after some digging inside. That is, IF you want the BASE hub caps and not something more flashy. I would say that these "poor boy" hub caps would look pretty mean and nasty popped into the center of a 15x8 inch steel wheel at each corner of the car. Less can be so much more! OK, Thanks Again for watching and more so for supporting Bernardston Auto Wrecking with your purchase of The Silent Malibu! -Steve Magnante