Art & Inspiration Cool Vintage Radiator Caps

When I was walking around a corner at the local car show I saw that from about 200 ft away and yeah it does look just Spot On...they really work with the torpedo shape...

He had a generous supply of interesting vintage parts for sale too...

My Sport Coupe had them when Jerry built it originally...polished though...

I wonder how Edward Lloyd is doing with his clones of

More Candy...think Board Track Racing...Yeehaw!!






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Your welcome.

 

Found this pic online and I'm going to attempt to make one by hand, I don't have a Bridgeport or anything like that just my hand tools and me.

 

I've had this cap for sometime and know it's for a Chrysler but don't know what year. I saw the post on here that has one from 1928 but this is a little different. Any ideas?

 

That's a beauty @pumpman...Here is a 1925 on a somewhat Pristine Vehicle and it seems to be very similar...I will say that 1924 is also very similar but the base of the cap looks a wee bit different...







...notice the cap is incorporated into the graphic on the Spare Cover...

https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/5412-1925-chrysler-70-roadster/

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Thanks Stohy, that really helps. I’ll take some pics of the base and load tomorrow.

 

Sorry no need, because this 1925 is identical to yours...what I'm saying is 1924 was similar but not like yours.

 

I think the 1924 Chrysler cap was nickel-plated brass and the 1925 and on were nickel-plated cast pot metal with brass threads. I could be wrong.

 

I think the one I have is pot metal.

 

The one @The37Kid posted at link below has wing detailed inside and out and yours is lacking that so, definite difference.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/cool-vintage-radiator-caps.1103166/#post-12514734

 

...this is said to be 1928 as well...and the base is quite different...did they vary by model or were all series in each year the same? As the years go by knowledge and things get changed out and once its of the car it gets a little trickier...

https://www.volocars.com/vehicles/13138/1928-chrysler-62-roadster
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...No Stranger around here...what can you say @MrModelT's Hotrod never gets old...
this is a pic from his collection of vintage everything...wearing a stunning Cap...

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/my-26-roadster-vintage-photo-search.308741/

Credit to Photographer, Owner Hamber @MrModelT
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Seabees!

 

With rapidfire Stingers...

 

The ornament part and the cap or just the ornament?...

When I have some time I'll snoop through some of those patents and see if I can spot it...And do I see another open Rad Hotrod in your future @BigO?

 

Looks like Duesenberg.

 

You are sharp @31Dodger...I'll see if I can find a closer shot...

Hey @BigO you have good taste in car parts...





https://newatlas.com/monterey-2018-auction-preview-gary-cooper-duesenberg-ssj/55919/#gallery

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It is.

 

Just the ornament, it's a Dusendurg......

 

Ran across this bad boy here on the HAMB and thought it should be here as well...congrats to whom ever made it.

 

The Rolling Bones...Signature...well one of them...it's a cool one...thanks Big O...

 

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http://www.finesse-fine-art.com/Showcase/MetalMascot/CatMoon/index.htm



...Similar to this Cap on a Moon Auto...that just so happens to be in Hamber@Bobby Green's shop...perhaps he will chime in and have some history on it...
One thing for sure there was a shiload of Auto Companies back then...

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...Whippit good...

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...Me Thinks the Motometer may boil over...
Clara is Over the Moon in this one...

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A lot of these were Add-ons and literally required a hole to be drilled in the cap...

And this one is kinda special...

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My old 1927 Willys Knight

 

Standing in a Castle Keeping his feet Warm......I'm looking at this and thinking about The Knight and what the Artist was trying to convey Visually...

Most of these are incredible to look at and truly Art Pieces...The Cars are too...so it's a win win. Thank You Cobber...
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