I came of car buying age in the early 70s. Hub caps were made for new car delivery, the cragers or tourqe thrusts were waiting at home! I worked at a dealership for a bit of time and some people would actually order the cars and when the delivery notice came in they would drop off the new wheels so they would never see the hubcaps! Most that were disposed of were of the dog dish variety as they were standard equip. As far as ugly hubcaps I hated the fake wire wheel ones. And I admit to once owning a car with them....one of my family station wagons was an 88 ciera  with them. In my defence we got a good deal on it used and we had a young family and no money. ... View more