{"id":11118,"date":"2010-08-01T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=11118"},"modified":"2013-07-28T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T01:36:08","slug":"cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Custom Spider Caps for my Falcon Wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2F1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps-150x99.jpg&amp;description=Cal+Custom+Spider+Caps+for+my+Falcon+Wagon\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[11118]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Cal Custom Spider Caps for my Falcon Wagon\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Cal Custom Spider Caps for my Falcon Wagon&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\" data-text=\"Cal Custom Spider Caps for my Falcon Wagon\" data-desc=\"Ford Falcon Wagon Wheels Choice It's been a long journey. I'm rebuilding\/restoring\/modifying (choose what you like) my 1963 Falcon Wagon. I'm way over due on what's been done, but here's where it is now: \u00a0 \u00a0 OK, fine, the car's been sitting around way too much waiting for me to get off my\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps-150x99.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>Ford Falcon Wagon Wheels Choice<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a long journey. I&#8217;m rebuilding\/restoring\/modifying (choose what you like) my 1963 Falcon Wagon. I&#8217;m way over due on what&#8217;s been done, but here&#8217;s where it is now:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11118]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11119\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Falcon wagon in paint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon wagon restoration, paint\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK, fine, the car&#8217;s been sitting around way too much waiting for me to get off my butt. I&#8217;m kinda off now, but not completely. Thanks to buddies here in town helping me &#8220;get off the computer!&#8221; and back into the garage there&#8217;s been some progress. All that&#8217;ll have to wait. For now, I just wanna ask a question.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-4-lug-Spider-Caps.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11118]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11120\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Falcon Wagon 4-lug Spider Caps\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-4-lug-Spider-Caps.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon, wheels, restoration, 14&quot;, 4-lug Spider Caps\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-4-lug-Spider-Caps.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-4-lug-Spider-Caps-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-4-lug-Spider-Caps-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-4-lug-Spider-Caps-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Which cap?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the <a title=\"LA Roadster Show stories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/la-roadster-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA Roadster Show<\/a>, I found the Cal Custom <strong>spider caps<\/strong> on the left along with some Cal Custom trim rings, both still in the original, well worn box. Do you know the ones that fit on the inner ring of the wheel where a dog dish hubcap would fit? I&#8217;ve heard them called &#8220;Toby Rings&#8221; since a guy named Toby was the first to run&#8217;m. I don&#8217;t know&#8230;\u00a0 I later found the two-legged <strong>spinner caps<\/strong> on the right, also from Cal Custom on Ebay. Both of these are steel, not plastic. Notice anything funny\/unusual about them?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11118]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11122\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Falcon Wagon Spider Caps\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon, Wagon, Cal Custom, Spider Caps\" width=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Ford-Falcon-4-lug-Spider-Cap.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11118]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11123\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Ford Falcon 4-lug Spider Cap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Ford-Falcon-4-lug-Spider-Cap.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon, 4-lug, Cal Custom, Spider Cap, spinner\" width=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Ford-Falcon-4-lug-Spider-Cap.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Ford-Falcon-4-lug-Spider-Cap-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Ford-Falcon-4-lug-Spider-Cap-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Ford-Falcon-4-lug-Spider-Cap-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my wheels. Gloss black powder coated, 14&#8243; steelies. Nothing too fancy for the wagon, mostly because&#8230; I&#8217;m keeping it 4-lug! Did you notice? That&#8217;s one thing that makes the caps unusual, they&#8217;re 4 lug, not 5. So simple steelies is what I wanted, but maybe I didn&#8217;t have much of a choice if I didn&#8217;t want to upgrade to 5 lug. Click on either picture to see it full size. I&#8217;ll need you to tell me&#8230; which one do you like better?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be painting the centers around the &#8220;lugs&#8221; gloss black so all you can see is the chrome bullets. They kinda float that way. I like it. What do you like? Bullets or Spinners?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And what&#8217;s the proper name for those rings?!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every story I&#8217;ve written about this build can be found here:\u00a0<a title=\"Restore and Hot Rod my 1963 Ford Falcon Wagon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/63-ford-falcon-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">1963 Ford Falcon Wagon Build<\/a>. Take a look and see what you&#8217;re missing!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-8\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_8\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/Blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_8_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"4f0fa52fb8\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which caps do you like?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-8-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-49\" name=\"poll_8\" value=\"49\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-49\">Spinners caps (righthand picture)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-50\" name=\"poll_8\" value=\"50\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-50\">Spider Caps (bullet style on the left)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(8);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(8); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-8-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2F1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps-150x99.jpg&amp;description=Cal+Custom+Spider+Caps+for+my+Falcon+Wagon\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Cal Custom Spider Caps for my Falcon Wagon\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Cal Custom Spider Caps for my Falcon Wagon&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\" data-text=\"Cal Custom Spider Caps for my Falcon Wagon\" data-desc=\"Ford Falcon Wagon Wheels Choice It's been a long journey. I'm rebuilding\/restoring\/modifying (choose what you like) my 1963 Falcon Wagon. I'm way over due on what's been done, but here's where it is now: \u00a0 \u00a0 OK, fine, the car's been sitting around way too much waiting for me to get off my\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-Wagon-Spider-Caps-150x99.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Ford Falcon Wagon Wheels Choice It&#8217;s been a long journey. I&#8217;m rebuilding\/restoring\/modifying (choose what you like) my 1963 Falcon Wagon. I&#8217;m way over due on what&#8217;s been done, but here&#8217;s where it is now: &nbsp; &nbsp; OK, fine, the car&#8217;s been sitting around way too much waiting for me to get off my butt. 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