[Amc-list] dogdish hubcaps, ...

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Mark, I think dogdish hubcaps (sic) look great on a fast 'sleeper' 60's car. 
The police set that style trend by accident! Concentrating on go without 
flash, it's a sub-look all by itself.

When I was young the first thing any sensible car nut did was DUMP THE !@$!!! 
HUBCAPS for "mags" or whatever. Now that even Hyundai's can come from the 
factory with cast/machined aluminum wheels, those have no real style 
anymore -- but no one's got hub caps today! They're cool again!

I'm 52, and until recently things like column shift, hubcaps, etc, were things 
I loathed and got rid of without thinking -- then I looked around and noticed 
that those things are unique style milestones unique to our era (actually the 
END of that style era) and I think it's a shame to still routinely dump it.

Column shift and hubcaps would be dumb on an AMX, I agree. But a Rebel or 
Ambo, low to the ground, fat tires with white letters, dogdish caps, a hot V8 
and slamming auto trans with column shifter, still terrifies. Back when I 
autocrossed, I used to hang out around a San Francisco tire shop. They had a 
customer who built cars for movie effects, often junkers that looked some 
part, he bought junk tires for them. But his personal ride was one of those 
full-sized american cars built like a cop car with a monster engine, rumbly, 
low stance. Original paint in fair shape, but clean neat and scary fast. Nice 
look! I forget the make, it doesn't even matter... :-)
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