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Originally Posted by Leonard Welch
Greetings.
I too have a thing for poverty caps. I have a triple-black '71 4-speed convertible that currently has 15x7 honeycombs. I'd like to find some 15x7 steel rims and add poverty caps and red-lines.
Some questions that I have:
Are the poverty caps original to 1971 A-bodies the same as 1972 (as on Lloyd's) or the type used in 1970?
Having been unsuccessful trying to locate a 15x7 steel rim that will fit an A-body, I'm considering buying some from Wheel Vintiques as well. Will the correct style of poverty cap fit either 14 or 15 inch steel rims? In other words, are the steel rim dimensions of the portion that fits the poverty cap the same on 14 and 15 inch rims?
Thanks in advance.
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Leonard - nice car!
The poverty caps will fit either 14" or 15" wheels. The outer diameter of the center section - which the cap snaps over - is approximately 10 1/8" on both.
I highly recommend Wheel Vintiques for the plain steel wheels. They are made to order and mine arrived about eight days after I ordered them. They are straight and true and balanced out well. My four 15x7 wheels came out to $314.00 plus $68.40 freight, from Fresno, CA to my shop in Bellaire TX.
BTW, here are the appropriate Wheel Vintiques part numbers. These wheels come unfinished bare steel only:
15x7, 5 on 4 3/4, 4 1/4" BS: 62-5734044 These are the wheels I ordered for my GTO.
14x7, 5 on 4 3/4, 4 1/4" BS: 62-4734044
14x6, 5 on 4 3/4, 4" BS: 62-463404
PB and Judge273 are correct about the caps, '6?-'71 used the style that Judge 273 posted pics of.
Thanks for posting those pics BTW, Mike! The orange car is Dan Jensen's, and the black car with the "bass boat" gold 'flake top is an ex-Monk King Pontiac race car.