The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap August 06, 2009, 10:30:53 PM Alright, so...we have all pretty much figured out by now that Ford's literature from the 1980s is not really all that accurate. There's now further proof. For the past year or so I've seen this NOS Cougar hubcap on eBay with a 1985 part number. It looked like nothing I've seen before and in fact, from the thumbnail photo, I thought it was mismarked for a 1995 model so I just ignored it as an error.Decided to click on it one day, out of curiosity. It was indeed a 1985 part, according to the sticker on the front. This perplexed me, as this hubcap was never listed in any literature that I had, nor had I ever seen one in person. Nothing was listed in the dealer brochures, but also nothing in the dealer order books for either 1985 or 1986--and I have the revised pages also. The plot thickened.So with the help of Brent (BCA) we did a little digging deeper into Ford's part books, and lo and behold, this thing was legit.Apparently it was produced in small numbers and got out to some cars either in late 1985 or early 1986 (it has a 1985 part number). Again, I had never even known this thing existed.I now own some of the last 5 NOS hubcaps like this and plan to possibly put them on my '84 (which will require stepping back down to 14" rims, but the novelty is too hard to pass up).Guess this just proves that, 25+ years later, we're still learning a few things about our cars.And for the record, this is one pretty ed cool looking hubcap, if you have to be stuck with a hubcap LOL.Has anyone else seen them or have any? Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #1 – August 06, 2009, 10:34:47 PM I didn't know they were rare. I saw a set on an 86 base (and I mean base) V6 Cougar in the yard about a year ago. Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #2 – August 06, 2009, 10:39:23 PM I have seen (a set) them at the local yard here back about a year ago, it was on a red Ls model, wish I would've known then what i know now...... Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #3 – August 06, 2009, 10:54:20 PM Well I dont know about "rare" but "uncommon" would certainly qualify. I always thought the styled steel wheel with the center cap/trim ring combo was pretty rare on the '86 Cougars (the one on the far right in this photo):Now those I've seen on cars before. Apparently only the Mustang and the Cougar had that combo and only for 1986 (it's not listed in my literature for the Capri). It was available on the GS and LS models. Kind of odd, which made it stick out in my mind.But this hubcap, for me being only 1.5 hours from the plant that produced these cars, and for the multitude of Cougars in my area still to this day, I still never recall seeing them on any cars.Great to hear that a few people have seen them in the wild, though, thanks for the feedback. Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #4 – August 06, 2009, 10:56:16 PM Thd one on the right looks like an 80's Escort wheel :hick: Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #5 – August 06, 2009, 11:23:39 PM These cars were hot items back here and they sold well. I've NEVER seen those before.Quite the find! Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #6 – August 06, 2009, 11:28:00 PM Buy it and make a clock out of it. Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #7 – August 06, 2009, 11:31:08 PM I've never seen one, but I usually don't inspect wheel covers or hub caps very closely. I've always liked the styled wheels, so I tend to look for those. Should be a good conversation piece. Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #8 – August 07, 2009, 01:40:07 AM I just got me a set of 1980-82 Thunderbird standard wheel covers that were never featured in any of those years brochures. Anyway, look here:http://www.hubcaps.org/cougar.htmlhttp://www.hubcaps.org/tbird.html Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #9 – August 07, 2009, 07:44:24 AM They look a little familiar, but I also don't remember what I had for dinner yesterday.Like Paul said, there were also tons of cougars around here as well. But I don't recall remembering those exact covers. They do look a lot like the center covers did for ford vans though.This pic is too far away to see, but look.... My cougar has plates on it (April 13, 2003)Back to the thread. Sorry Eric, I got excited when I saw my car in that pic.. LOL Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #10 – August 07, 2009, 07:55:33 AM Quote from: Watchdevil;285645I just got me a set of 1980-82 Thunderbird standard wheel covers that were never featured in any of those years brochures. Anyway, look here:http://www.hubcaps.org/cougar.htmlhttp://www.hubcaps.org/tbird.htmlsome preetty interesting hubcaps and centercaps there.... cool!!!!, Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #11 – August 07, 2009, 10:15:54 AM Sounds like you got something special. Stuckman Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #12 – August 07, 2009, 05:44:00 PM my mom had a blue v6 four eyed cougar back in the early 90s with hubs just like that. they mustve been special back then because they were stolen at the supermarket.i remember the car very well because my fingers were crushed in the drivers door of it, im not going to explain why but dont get in the back seat on the drivers side. except for the front seat back being broke the car was very clean(and much bigger than my dads 80something mustang) till she drove it in the snow and crashed it. Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #13 – August 09, 2009, 09:54:41 PM Nice find. I like the second ones from the left, myself. Quote Selected
The Mythical '85 Cougar Hubcap Reply #14 – August 10, 2009, 12:08:55 AM Quote from: Watchdevil;285645I just got me a set of 1980-82 Thunderbird standard wheel covers that were never featured in any of those years brochures.You know I never realized those werent pictured in the brochures till I read that, I had to go check through my books to be sure. Odd thing is that most of the box birds I've ever seen around here had them, I'll have to grab the next set I see now. Have two sets of the 'deluxe' covers off my 1980 and one set of wire covers off the 1982, the wires rattle and squeak like crazy though.Scott Quote Selected
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