Pretty definitely a '59 Ranchero, though. The whole side appearance of an El Camino is different. Depending on when that picture was taken, hubcap authenticity is not so relevant. There used to be entrepreneurs who dealt just in wheel cover sets. If the original Ranchero had plain hubcaps, or if one or more fell off or were damaged, it would be easy enough to get a new set of four that fit.
Mismatches weren't even that much of a problem. Nobody notices that much if front and rear are different, especially back in the 60's and 70's when many vehicles had different front and rear wheel sizes, and nobody can see both sides of the vehicle at once. My old Jeep truck had four different hubcaps, scrounged from dump and roadside. One rear was a wheel cover off a 50's Kaiser.
Pretty definitely a '59 Ranchero, though. The whole side appearance of an El Camino is different. Depending on when that picture was taken, hubcap authenticity is not so relevant. There used to be entrepreneurs who dealt just in wheel cover sets. If the original Ranchero had plain hubcaps, or if one or more fell off or were damaged, it would be easy enough to get a new set of four that fit.
ReplyDeleteMismatches weren't even that much of a problem. Nobody notices that much if front and rear are different, especially back in the 60's and 70's when many vehicles had different front and rear wheel sizes, and nobody can see both sides of the vehicle at once. My old Jeep truck had four different hubcaps, scrounged from dump and roadside. One rear was a wheel cover off a 50's Kaiser.