Early69 RS SS 396 Camaro with goofy hubcaps

[Charley Lillard]

I agree it most likely came with the trim rings and dog dish caps. But owner states it came new with the goofy caps. The goofy caps are mounted perfectly with no extra holes drilled where they messed up etc. We will never know for sure what happened.

[Steve Shauger]

Just to add, the wheels were definitely painted argent silver, NOT cortez silver. I've always believed it came as pictured below and think it looks better than with rallys!

[camarojoe]

Originally Posted by Steve Shauger

Just to add, the wheels were definitely painted argent silver, NOT cortez silver. I've always believed it came as pictured below and think it looks better than with rallys!

Yep, that's how the car looked until someone at the dealership added the derby tops to the poverty caps before delivery to try to make them look like the rallys the owner ordered and was expecting when he got there to pick up his new car.

[Unreal]

Originally Posted by camarojoe

Yep, that's how the car looked until someone at the dealership added the derby tops to the poverty caps before delivery to try to make them look like the rallys the owner ordered and was expecting when he got there to pick up his new car.

So, you’re thinking the error at the factory was that the correct argent wheels for rally’s were installed, but they mistakenly included poverty caps, rather than derbys and trim rings? Wonder why the dealer didn’t order the correct derby’s and trim rings?
And if the other speculation is correct that the car arrives at the dealer with the correct rally’s, and a salesman ‘borrowed” them for another car, why weren’t replacements ordered?

[camarojoe]

Originally Posted by Unreal

So, you’re thinking the error at the factory was that the correct argent wheels for rally’s were installed, but they mistakenly included poverty caps, rather than derbys and trim rings? Wonder why the dealer didn’t order the correct derby’s and trim rings?
And if the other speculation is correct that the car arrives at the dealer with the correct rally’s, and a salesman ‘borrowed” them for another car, why weren’t replacements ordered?

No, I believe the factory didn't yet have 14x7 rally wheels available when this car was produced, so they substituted the standard 14x7 steel wheels with trim rings. When trim rings were ordered on standard steel wheels, the wheels were painted silver at the factory. (as these are) The factory shipped it with the silver wheels/trim rings with standard dog dish caps, and the dealer got the brainstorm to add the derby tops to the hubcaps to try to make the wheels look like the rally wheels the customer ordered but did not get. i don't believe any wheels were swapped from anything, the wheels it has are what it was built with, and derby tops were screwed to the base hubcaps at the dealership prior to delivery.