![]() ![]() For the first time since the 1950s, Cadillac offers a wire wheel cover.These were offered on 1974-79 style Thunderbirds, as well as 1975-76 Ford Elite models (Elites were luxury badged versions of the Torino coupe). designs, spokes are not parallel but angled to criss-cross one another. Ford Motor Company introduces its own cone-shaped wire wheel cover.Early promotional photos for newly-downsized ’78 Olds Cutlass Supremes feature a version of these covers modified to fit the new Cutlass’s smaller 14-inch wheels. These were available on full- and mid-size models from each division through the early part of the 1978 model year. Spoke patterns are similar to, yet different from, earlier 1971 Chevy wheel covers. Buick and Oldsmobile adopt the cone-shaped look, and introduce identical 15-inch wire wheel cover versions – each with brand specific center caps.These wheel covers were offered on full-size models, running unchanged through 1976. Styled similarly to a 1967-70 design used by Chevy on full-sized Impalas, minor revisions saw two shorter spokes (instead of one) between each long spoke. Chevrolet also introduces a cone-shaped wire wheel cover not unlike Chrysler’s.Dodge Aspen and Plymouth Volares continued to use them through the end of their model run in 1980. This wheel cover was offered on large and mid-size Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler models through 1978. Center caps protrude farther away from the wheel, making these covers more susceptible to damage from high curbs. Chrysler introduces a new wire wheel cover that is more conical in shape (if viewed from the side) with two layers of parallel spokes.(A SLIDESHOW AND FULL-SIZE STILL PICTURES ARE BELOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE) The timeline below charts changes of note during the decade’s model years: This look would evolve but be maintained during the first half of the 1970s until flat wire wheel covers with criss-crossing spokes (similar to 1950s styling) would make a return. ![]() The effect of one layer of spokes atop (yet still parallel to) another created an illusion of criss-crossing spokes when viewed from the side. As that decade drew to a close, wire wheel covers were trending towards designs with two layers of straight, parallel spokes. The 1970s began with carryover wire wheel cover styling from the late 1960s. ![]()
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