WTB Hubcaps

I can't get the look of the Tuxedo Park models out of my head. Alas, my 1960 is not one. However, if I could find some hubcaps to fit my old turd, I would love it! I'm sure they don't come up very often... What should I expect to pay for a set?

 

A lot.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1858324016...F+bMt+hklTOxN3A1ZLsyGxaA==|tkp:Bk9SR7KV2vXlYQ

 

The Cutlas Deluxe turbines are what the Tuxedo Parks came with originally. They are pricy. Expect to pay $500+ for a complete set of 4 in driver condition. Add another $125-150 for the spare tire. There were also dog dish caps with beauty rings, but it was the Cutlas full turbines that were used.
NOS sets when they came up fetched over 1K
Note! Lock out hubs. Some just drill a hubcap out, but a true turbine for lock out hubs will have a nice rolled edge.

 

Wow! Way way over priced for these! Condition issues and not even a complete set! $150 max!
Have to be careful of inflated eBay pricing!

 

Great original advertisement for the Cutlas turbines.
You could get in 15" AND 16" for the Gladiators wagons.
Also turbines with the center out for lock out hubs.

 

My jeep is an old beater. I don't expect to find actual tuxedo park hubcaps, just some nice chrome ones that look like they fit the Jeep. I saw some on ebay from the seventies that look nice, and were relatively cheap.

 

Welcome from Michigan, what size wheels do you have on your Jeep now? 15" or 16" it makes a difference. There are a lot of Scrap Yards around Detroit with a lot of old Hubcaps. I have Ansen Mags on my Tux Clone.

 

I have a set of dog dish hubcaps given to me by an Indian subway shop owner! They were on his defunct Ford van that was all painted up with Subway on it. I asked him and he said "You into old cars? I am too! Take them!" I thought that was darn nice of him. I alternate between having them on, if I'm feeling fancy and having them off, especially if I'm wheeling. I'd hate to crush one in.

 

Just to confuse things even more regarding hubcaps, the small (10”-ish) dogdish hubcaps come in two different diameters that are only 1/4”-3/8” different. A hubcap that fits properly on a 4 nub rim is too loose to fit on a 3 nub rim.
Then there’s the obvious difference between Kaiser colors and AMC colors.
-Donny

 

"Tux Clone".... I love it! I have 15" right now.

 

Do you have pics?

 

I call my Jeep a Tux Clone because I painted it Black. I like Black Cars, Jeep didn't make a Black Tux. I have all the Tux parts except the tail lights, which I gave to another member. My Jeep has been in my family of friends for over 40 years, Donny had it at his cabin foe 25 years, then sold it to Teddy, I bought it from Teddy 20 years ago, I have the tree on the tree column, but put a 66 V 6 Chassie under it with an F 134 motor.