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Daves55Sedan · 04-14-2019, 04:36 PM

For that matter, in '55 at least, you could not assume all Fairlane models came from the factory with full wheel covers. Didn't happen. There were lots of Fairlanes with all the bells and whistles with 10" dog-dish hub-caps, some with trim rings, some without. By the same token, you saw at least as many Customlines with full wheel-covers as you did Fairlanes with hub-caps.
It's possible that the factory shipped gobs of wheel dressings to dealerships separately and shipped cars without any wheel dressings on them. That way, if the cars sat overnight at the trainyard, you couldn't steal the hubcaps off them because they didn't have 'em on yet. Then, when you got to the dealer and bought a beautiful new Banner Blue/Snowshoe white Club Sedan, they asked ya, hey what kinda wheel coverings ya want, dog-dish or full?

04-14-2019, 04:36 PM	#14
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: Please ID Car in family photo For that matter, in '55 at least, you could not assume all Fairlane models came from the factory with full wheel covers. Didn't happen. There were lots of Fairlanes with all the bells and whistles with 10" dog-dish hub-caps, some with trim rings, some without. By the same token, you saw at least as many Customlines with full wheel-covers as you did Fairlanes with hub-caps. It's possible that the factory shipped gobs of wheel dressings to dealerships separately and shipped cars without any wheel dressings on them. That way, if the cars sat overnight at the trainyard, you couldn't steal the hubcaps off them because they didn't have 'em on yet. Then, when you got to the dealer and bought a beautiful new Banner Blue/Snowshoe white Club Sedan, they asked ya, hey what kinda wheel coverings ya want, dog-dish or full?