Early69 RS SS 396 Camaro with goofy hubcaps

[Steve Shauger]

Originally Posted by NorCam

Steve, not to digress, but do you still own that Cortez Silver 69 at this time?

No that was part of the deal to buy this site. Charley owns that car. I don't know what was I thinking

[Jonesy]

Originally Posted by dvss1

Theres a 6-19 xj rally in the for sale section.

That was a YJ 14x7 ralley wheel and it was dated 6-19-1969

[Charley Lillard]

I'm looking for a YJ made August 68 or close. None found yet.

[camarojoe]

Probably weren't any 14x7 rally wheels available yet, (which is why you can't find any dated that early) so any SS cars that had rally wheels ordered instead got silver painted 14x7 XT's with dog dish caps and trim rings...which was the closest the factory could provide for a 'rally" type wheel treatment without actually having the 14x7 rally wheels available, and to keep production moving. The dealer knew the guy wanted rallys and added the derby tops to the dog dish caps before delivery hoping the buyer wouldn't notice they weren't the rally wheels he ordered.

I believe the silver wheels, trim rings, and dog dish caps all are original to this blue car, nothing was stolen, and no "Cortez Silver SS car with XT wheels" was part of the mix...but there is no way they screwed those derby tops to the hubcaps on the assembly line. You're kidding yourself if you think they had someone at the factory taking rally wheel center cap parts and screwing them to dog dish hubcaps. That was done at the dealership. That's also why no other cars with this setup have ever been found, photographed, or heard about.

[camarojoe]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

If it had just come with XT's with poverty caps like a base SS or COPO the rims would have been body color.

Not if trim rings were used, the wheels would be painted silver, just as the ones on this car are.

[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.

[70 copo]

There are several living production superintendents who can shed light on the idea of this hub cap mod being a factory activity.

If you like I can get you as close to the truth as one can get.

[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!

[Jonesy]

I also like the added trim ring with poverty cap look.
What determine if you got the trim ring or not? style trim?

3934892 would be the correct trim ring for the XT wheel with poverty cap.

[camarojoe]

Originally Posted by Jonesy

I also like the added trim ring with poverty cap look.
What determine if you got the trim ring or not? style trim?

3934892 would be the correct trim ring for the XT wheel with poverty cap.

Pretty sure trim rings were a separate option. if you ordered them without any other wheel option, you got silver painted wheels and dog dish caps. Had nothing to do with style trim, those cars still got body colored wheels and no rings unless rings were ordered.