Original D Wheel Caps

[tlorber]

Wow, that Z went out at a pretty cheap price. I have a set of D caps (in the warehouse, not on my car) that are all chrome and appear to be the old style tabs. Can anyone venture a guess as to what car they came off of?

[JohnnyO]

Yeah, I thought about buying that Z just for the D caps then part the rest. Still not sure why a 72 would have D caps but who cares at this point.

I would guess that it went cheap because it did not come with a title which apparently is not required in Alabama "due to the age of the car". I haven't heard that one before.

[Jetaway]

I don't have anything on the 'D's'' but you may want to check out Performix Plasti Dip (spray) for the flat black around the hub cover.

I've attached a photo of it used on ZX "Iron Cross" hub cover. Applied it two and a half years ago, still holding and still flat black w/o any greying.

Chris

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Well, I hope I attached it with this new-fangled BB program.

[kats]

Hi,

The best example of the color is the official photo and the parts which have been kept in the shelf.

As Chris posted #10, pictures of less teeth caps are the gift from Mr.Matsuo in 2003. The picture was taken soon after I back home and opened from the paper cover.

Mr.Matsuo bought a S30S(Fairlady-Z,standard model) in late 1970 (actually he had placed an order much earlier) and he bought this caps, fog lamps, auto antenna, e.t.c.But he did not installed caps,they had been in a stowage almost 35 years.

I think ZCCA judges can tell the difference,the color and rim.Less teeth is more curved on the rim, more teeth is darker grey.

Please see the green S30S, this car must be very early production(this picture from the car magazine issued Dec 1969) and it has later(more teeth) valve position.

So, not always valve position tells early or late.

I think when the car is judged without take off the caps, we can see the caps are early or late using a method of color and rim.

kats

[zgeezer]

On 4/28/2011 at 9:54 PM, tlorber said:

Wow, that Z went out at a pretty cheap price. I have a set of D caps (in the warehouse, not on my car) that are all chrome and appear to be the old style tabs. Can anyone venture a guess as to what car they came off of?

I'd like to have an answer to that question too.

I have a pair of 14 inch all chrome D caps in my storage. The tabs ren continuously around the circumference  of the cap. The backside has a shadow chrome number of "1036" on the backside.  One was loose in the back of my 10/1970 series one.  The other was on the spare tire wheel [4.5 inch wide].

The centers show no sign of ever having been painted.  Over the year, I've located only one photograph of this style and I didn't  place mark it.  Any one know anything about these caps.  Aftermarket? Datsun?

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[lonetreesteve]

Just curious, does anyone know the approximate month and year when Nissan stopped manufacturing the early version of the 'D' hubcaps and came out with the later version 'D' hubcaps?  

It must have been early on, because the vast majority of what I have owned or have seen for sale over the years have been the later version. 

Thanks,

Steve

[lonetreesteve]

Does anyone have an answer to my question from December 4th?  Was it sometime in early 1970 or a little later?

Thanks in advance.