Original Hubcaps

[78F250]

Ok, new topic. I'm trying to keep the truck original. What hubcaps were on the '78 F250's? I'm sure there were probably several.

 

[Mil1ion]

 

[Fordzilla80]

Those are only for the F100 and F150.

I'm sure F250's didn't have alot of choices for wheels.You probably got a steel wheel with a dog dish hubcap.

 

[78F250]

I have 2 dog dishes on the front. Original maybe? Dogdish won't work on the back. The axle is like 4 inches through the rim.

 

[Fordzilla80]

I have 2 dog dishes on the front. Original maybe? Dogdish won't work on the back. The axle is like 4 inches through the rim.

Most likely not.Unless the factory used two different size hubcaps on the trucks(one for rear and one for front),I'm sure the ones you have are wrong.The hubcaps that should be on there are probably some really deep dish hubcaps.

Looking at your pics,it looks like you have a full floating rear end(correct me if i'm wrong),so there definitely was a different hubcap for that.I'm gonna guess that your truck has the 16.5 inch rims...

Looking at these Camper pics in the 77 Brochure,it looks like the hubcaps are definitely deeper than the ones on the front of your truck.

In this pic from the 81 Brochure though,the truck with the camper at the bottom doesn't have any hubcaps,so there's a possibility ford just used painted wheels on your truck.

 

[Mil1ion]

I have 2 sets (Minus 1 hubcap) of those type hubcaps.

One from the F250 and one from an F150.
Yes, they are F/S

 

[78F250]

My axle is the floating type. It's like the gold and white camper axle on pg14 of the above brochure.

 

[m78]

These are original stainless steel hubcaps.They supposedly stopped using them before 1978 but they're in the picture of a full time 4wd truck on the front of the 78 brochure. Go figure.
Ford supposedly went to the aluminum after the s/s

I have yet to see or here of one of these s/s hub caps that were made for a 4wd. I cut the hole in these dented hubcaps. I have a nicer set if I find some one with a knock out tool the right size.

 

[LEB Ben]

Damn Mark...never been a fan of hubcaps, but those look really good. And how much weight did it take to balance that front tire...looks about like 5.25oz. Why on earth would a tire that tame need that much weight?

 

[Fordzilla80]

My axle is the floating type. It's like the gold and white camper axle on pg14 of the above brochure.

I have a feeling your truck came with just painted steel wheels,no hub caps.

 

[m78]

I have a feeling your truck came with just painted steel wheels,no hub caps.

The original owner of my truck said the dealer told him , ford didn't offer hubcaps for this truck. I don't understand that one .

Ben these tires came off a '96 already balanced. All I did was sand and paint

 

[78F250]

Perhaps if all four were one color it wouldn't be such an eye sore. Two white if front two black in back. I may do that.

 

[miottimouse]

check out my gallery "class of 79" my f350 s/c came factory with delux wheel covers [15"] and 16.5" adaptor trim rings my f250 ["class of 78"] also came with them but both are lariats
regurds joe

 

[1979Camperspecial]

I have the "early" hub caps too. I think they look awesome and are they best hubcap ford ever made!

 

[78F250]

I finally got two rims to replace the ones on the back. I had to strip one to bare metal. It had layers of paint on it. The other is white already with just a touch of rust. Some white rustoleum should spiff them up. I think I'll just go with the wheels with no hub caps.

 

[78F250]

I'm going to go steel wheel only. No hub caps. I got two 16" rims to match the front. One I had to strip down the layers of paint. I'll rattlecane them rustoleum white so they match the front.

 

[250 washington]

mine came with the " Ford RV pickups " picture type that are on the trucks that are on the bottom of the brochure. They had off white painted rims and dog dish hubcaps. This was the 16.5 wheel set up Bout the ugliest stock comb you could find. Had to finally break down and buy a new set of rims when the only set of tires I could find was from China and were so out of round that the tire guy told me all of my rims were too distorted to balance.

 

[Jolly Green]

I have yet to see or here of one of these s/s hub caps that were made for a 4wd. I cut the hole in these dented hubcaps. I have a nicer set if I find some one with a knock out tool the right size.

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My dad had hub caps that looked a lot like this on a '78 F-150 4x4.

 

[TexasRho83]

Those slotted alloys ROCK... I want some.

 

[Mil1ion]

The white, Ford used on wheels,toppers etc is called Wimbledon White.

maybe write that in your notebook