Wondering if these are aftermarket or old repro hubcaps... couldn't find anything through searching on them.
Four of them were on the '24 tudor we got from Northern Illinois, have tried to find the source but have not found anything. They are not Ford but do fit the hubs.
Era accessory caps - I believe I saw an ad for these in one of my "Ford Owner & Dealer" magazines.
On page 36 of the 1980 book "Antique Automotive Collectibles" by Jack Martells is a group photograph of various factory and aftermarket Ford hubcaps.
This style (with the background painted black) is simply described as "Aluminum aftermarket Model "T"."
As Steve stated, accessory caps, they made them for a variety of cars.
Various accessory caps for the T, many types, some with covers too for the hub bolts, yesteryears 'Baby Moons'
Anyone have a couple of Red Top Hubcaps
? Need two or more to complete Set. Thanks
Warren good friend, I have a pair just for you
.but you'll have to paint the tops red again..
Go figure, I have one of the low prices .10 caps. The rest shown cost 2X's(or more) new. LOL
I have a set of the ones shown above with the red dot centers and the hub covers, plus an extra set of just the hubcaps.
If there's anyone with some like Dan has for sale I want them thanks Charlie from Ohio
Interesting... Who knew the freemasons had their own hubcaps!
Thanks for the info!
And the Illinois Nazis!
(Yes, yes, I know they didn’t really exist yet)
The trouble with these many hubcaps is that there were so many minor variations it becomes very difficult to put together a matching set. They came in steel or aluminum as well as variations of shape and decoration. I have seen so many of them at swap meets over the years, but I have resisted getting any myself because one could easily get several dozen of them and still not have a matching set. I do however admire anyone that will seriously try.
Ummm, that is a Hindi sun symbol, not the German Swastika...it faces the other direction and I guess would mean pretty much to opposite of what the sun symbol means.
The German Swastika had the bent arms facing to the right as the ad shows above.
The Hindu Sun symbol had the bent arms facing either direction as did the Navajo symbol.
The best explanation of the reason for this was based on energy. If the symbol is rotated in the clockwise direction, such as a fan or pump, the bent arms would either collect (bent to the right) or spread (bent to the left) the energy. What energy this was supposed to be, I do not know.
Jason:
good eye ...I glanced right over the square and compass...always an optimist...gene french
The swastika predates use by nazi party. Unfortunate choice by the Krit automobile, there are a few examples of them around, an otherwise cool, affordable brass car, maybe a half step up from the T in the brass era.
Right or left orientation, that symbol has been used by many cultures all around the world and over thousands of years. They have been good luck symbols more than bad, fertility symbols, and god symbols. They have been part of ancient oriental culture, pre Columbian Americas, and being a very simple design have shown up throughout human history.
Maybe it is time we stop associating it with one evil empire and recognize it for what it is. A universal symbol with no universal meaning.
Gentlemen:
probably a very long shot ...BUT , does anyone have a Masonic hub cap as seen in the top row of Dan Treace's advertisement posting above … I would like to try to reproduce a set using an original as a pattern … always an optimist...gene French 970-581-2808
Gene
Haven't ever seen an actual cap, have a few plain top and tooled Model T hub caps.
But you can order a 2" round plastic stick on emblem and paste it on your T hub caps!
http://www.macoy.com/Masonic-car-emblem-P3724.aspx