Wheels-Caps

[AZKen]

The Original Brochures from 1961 and 1962 confirm that clips in 61 and nubs in 62. Throckmorton website given on Jolly page also shows this. This is what I go by because anyone can mix and match a 6 lug wheel on any GMC truck of the era. I have seen Barrett-Jackson Quality trucks with wrong wheels. I have seen many nub wheels advertised as 60-66. The brochures , advertising literature, factory pictures and manuals are the only legit source. If anyone has that kind of stuff which disputes, please post.

FYI: I revised my earlier post to remove "At least on 1/2T. Not sure about 3/4 T"

[bigblockv6]

What I can tell you is my father bought his 62 brand new back then and it came equipped with clips not nubs. The truck was a special order, he took delivery of it in mid February of 1962. Now same goes for our 68 3/4 ton owned since new, special ordered, took delivery March 1, 1968 also has clips. I still have the original wheels that came with it. Another person to ask would be Lewis Matkin, he like myself grew up around these trucks when they were brand new, not too many people on this site can claim that.

[AZKen]

I grew up at that time also......but I wasn't thinking about trucks. Good info. I don't doubt your story. Poster has a 1960, so no hub cap mystery there. Maybe we will never know why your dad got something not shown in the literature. Left over stuff from 1961, 4X4 anomaly, wheel supplier not ready.......or misprint

[bigblockv6]

Hard to imagine it being left over stuff, the 62's got an all new hub cap design over the previous years. It makes more sense that 4wd models got clips rather than nubs. Thrashing around off road could easily knock off a hubcap so maybe clips were better for that usage.

[FetchMeAPepsi]

I was told several times by lots of different people that 4x4 didn't come with hubcaps in 62 normally. That was only the 2 wheel drives. Lots of people order 2 wheel caps and cut out a hole for the hubs though.

[bigblockv6]

Well, I can tell you they were wrong or just plain didn't what they were talking about. My fathers 62 K1000 came from the factory with hubcaps. After 2-3 year of off-roading he replaced the front hubcaps, these were a special blank hubcap that had no logo on them that the dealer had to send out to a machine shop to have the center holes cut out. Even the 62 factory 4wd brochure has illustration of 5 models all with hubcaps.

[AZKen]

The 1962 Chevy 4x4 Brochure, Front page shows a truck with no hubcaps. Inside the brochure there are hub caps shown. The interesting part is that it looks like the caps have a large hole in them. You can see the lugs in front and rear? I don't know if I see what I think I see but I think I do, you see?

[AZKen]

The 1962 Chevy 4x4 Brochure, Front page shows a truck with no hubcaps. Inside the brochure there are hub caps shown. The interesting part is that it looks like the caps have a large hole in them. You can see the lugs in front and rear? I don't know if I see what I think I see but I think I do, you see? Never seen a 1962 GMC 4x4 brochure.
Here is something cool for the archives:
http://online.wr.usgs.gov/outreach/h.../suburban.html

[bigblockv6]

This is the front cover of the 62 GMC 4wd brochure, the truck on the cover a 3/4 ton has no locking hubs so the hubcaps are not cut out, Later I'll post all the illustrations of inside the brochure where it shows locking hubs and hubcaps on all the trucks.

[AZKen]

What does that truck have if it does not have locking hubs?