Technical DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE HECK THIS CAME OFF ????

Personally, It looks as if they were something made in the 1970's. HRP

 

My '66 JC Whitney book did not list it either, despite having a massive listing of aftermarket cap designs. I'm still stumped.

It absolutely is traditional though, this thing is definitely from the era.

 

Do you have the hubcap or just the photos?
There's something odd about the front shot. What's with the gray patch on the "flipper"? It's like a crude, first-day lesson in Photoshop. The gray is transparent tint and we can see all the flipper details through it.
The backside shot really shows how oddly placed the valve stem hole is. I've seen bent, extra-long valve stems on big rigs but never on something this small.
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SAD TO SAY, ACTUALLY HAVE THIS CAP AND LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE MORE

 

Well, it appears you have stumped the Hamb Collective, this might be a first but I honestly believe someone will figure it out if you bump this thread ever so often. HRP

 

I am SHOCKED really, you guyz have never let me down....will bump and see what happens....THANKS
for your input

 

BTT.....COME ON FOLKS.....DON'T LET ME DOWN....

 

Look up Skotch Kooler, it may be a lid off a competing brand. The hole is for a tube to drain the melting ice water.

 

AS I SCROOLED DOWN THE GOOGLE PAGE, I ALMOST EXPECTED TO SEE IT POP.....THANKS

 

huh, doesn't look like the lid to my Skotch Kooler at all. Wonder what brand it would be?

 

Yours brought back a flash of memories...The Helo Hanger of the Destroyer I was on, off the coast of Vietnam, was full of stereo equip on our return trips of both six month crusies I was on 69/70 & 70/71

 

This has been driving me crazy, I feel like I've seen this before. Looks like either from a travel trailer or a futuristic '70s movie cop car? What's unusual is the main wheel cover looks like a Lyon or some other aftermarket stamping, but the center spinner thing is multi-piece, looks heavy and would be a pain to manufacture. And it also looks riveted on so I don't think it was added later.

Also what was the aftermarket accessory wheel cover maker in Chicago? I cannot recall but I've been by their old factory building several times in the Bellwood/Maywood area IIRC.

See if this is stamped on any of the clips. Might get you closer to ID anyway. (photo courtesy Rikster of course). Any Lyon catalogs out there?

 

The LYON cap has well made retaining clips, the mystery cap is a few levels lower in quality, from what I can see.

 

When I was a little kid we had one of these that covered the hole in outhouse out back.

 

I think it's part of a roulette wheel

 

Have you checked with our friend Anthony? He has been known to wear unusual hub caps as a fashion statement!

 

So, it's lie-in it's LYON?

 

BTT

 

Has Van Den Plas seen this?!

 

This is a far stretch at best, and I know this isn't it, but the square bar in the center of the wheel cover, reminds me of this vintage lawn sprinkler that attached to a garden hose!
Everyone's results, may vary greatly!

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GREAT THOUGHT....THANKS

 

NOT SURE WHO THAT IS, BUT LET HIM KNOW IF YOU CAN......THANKS

 

That is a plumbing part, screwed to a wheel cover.

 

I don't know, it looks like a commercially riveted assembly.
My original thought was the center piece looks like it might have been used on a large pressurized bug sprayer or something similar with a locking handle.

 

Just spit balling here but ~ It could be a part from a Chrysler Turbo encabulator. HRP

 

"Encabulator" = To Encabulate, not to be confused with the word "Perambulate"
"Encabulation" = This is the state of dynamic flux, after the Encabulator has achieved primary balance.
"Tralfamador" = The fictional planet where, where Billy Pilgrim and Montana Wildhack, performed for the Tralfamdorians, in Kurt Vonnegut's great science fiction novel, "Slaughterhouse 5"

That should be slightly sufficient for those, that actually take the time, to read actual books now and then!
Your results may vary greatly!

Its only a matter of time, till some of the more creative fabricators and welders, make a set of wheel covers, that have vintage sprinkler parts attached to them, to imitate vintage "MOPAR" lancer hub caps.

Just to throw a bit more salt into the mystery wound, I will award a vintage bag of Planters salted peanuts, from an old store display, to the person that can properly identify, what this vintage exhaust valve came out of?

I already know the answer, because I gave this valve to Dick Hill (R.I.P. ), who is the man in these pictures.
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Soon chatbots will comment and ID our pics.
HAMB... one plant app, id's species in seconds.

 

BUMP - Come on guys, we can't let this stump us! HRP

 

Looks like the lid to a cheesy 60's ice bucket.

 

This is a photo of the back, I just noticed there is a rectangle indention and it appears the spinner is spot welded in 2 spots. HRP