Rear center caps, dust covers

[mickmate]

These guys are feeding you the good stuff Ed. If you look at the rear hub cross section the bearings are inside the upright behind the drive flange. The knockoff is just a tube off the flange. The caps don't cover anything and if it ain't needed on a race car.......
The front caps are required to keep the dust from the outside. The irony is they don't have seals on the inside and the bearings would fill with water and rust if you were caught in the rain.

[cobred]

Makes sense, I can see why they are not needed but wondered if there was a reason they werent used. If it doesnt make it go faster or safer leave it off.

[CSX3183]

They weren't used,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, because they were not needed.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Dust covers are used to keep out dirt and dust from the bearings, just like with any car, the front bearings get a cover.

The rears don't come with exposed bearings, pull the rear wheel off of any American car, at least up until 1999, maybe now they do.

I got caught in a torential downpour one day in S. Fla., had to drive 100 miles in it, the floor and an inch of water in it b y the time I got home, never had a problem with the rear seals, perhaps you mean if you drive thru 2 feet of water. This holds true for ALL 427 Cobra's, street cars as well as race, NO rear caps.