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I have some late 40s early 50s Lyon brand hubcaps dose anyone know where they were made? What year range where they made and sold? Any pics and info would be great


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Most of them look like early 50's DeSoto caps.
This bottom one with the louvers I've never seen.

 

no they are after market Lyon caps with the Lyon word/logo stamped on the inside

 

Definitely Lyon.

The one with the louvers might be home-made - at least I've never seen one like it.

 

a pic i found on the net...

 

Are they for 15" or 16" wheels?

 

Definitily not Desoto, maybe Peugeot, they used a lyon in it's logo, not sure if they used caps like you show but it's just a quess

 

I have both 15 and 16 inch caps

 

come on guys I know they are after market caps sold in the late 40's early 50's not Desoto not Peugeot thay are AFTER MARKET what im looking for is pics and history...

 

The only other cap Iv seen with louvers was on the Tucker at the henry Ford Museum

 

do the caps say lyon on the back like this or maybe in cursive?

 

Yes^

 

I had a set like the ones with the white crest. They were 15".

 

i have a hubcap collection in my garage. while cleaning some of the caps , i noticed most of them had this stamp on them. sometimes in cursive. the weird thing is that the "lyon" stamp is on caps from all different makes. was lyon a big cap manufactuer ? did they have their own caps for the aftermarket?

 

I have seen one Lyon aftermarket ad in a old car mag but i cant find it now...

 

Nice looking caps BTW.

 

Here's a few pics. I don't have any history other than what you already know. Fifties aftermarket, way cool.

 

I have a couple sets of those fluted ones...

 

J.C. Whitney used to sell a lot of those types of caps in their old catalogs. Other than that I got nothing.

 

I know this is not the classifieds-section but if anybody has some of the smooth Sombrero-style hubcaps with red center in 15" or maybe even 16" for sale,or know where to find some,I would be very thankful !

 

Lyon sold to GM & other car makers during the '50s - a friend has a set of never used genuine '54 Olds Fiestas in the yellow & black labeled GM box,caps stamped Lyon.

 

I didn't realize they made caps for GM. Always thought they only did aftermarket.

 

Look a treat Jason
Rod

 

From what i have been told on the Lyon hub caps they were mostly available on the East coast. The Timbs Special has a set and trying to find a set of four that match and can be repaired is next to impossible. they were one of the extremely hard items to round up for the car, This car has 15" rims the 16 Lyon caps are a little easier to locate. and not to knock them down but they are pretty thin and a pain to metal finish. The search engine is down right now but i had was looking for some of theses caps a while ago and their was some good info off that thread.
Rex

 

I like 'em. They double as fruit juicers.

 

I finally found some one to work these out for me and they turned out great. I know this might seam like an add but these guys treated me right and i could not be happier with how they turned out sen the caps out to get the lettering done last night. So to all th crew at Vintage Vehicles INC In Wautoma Wisconsin Thanks again. www.vintagevehicles.net

 

Thanks for sharing those pics Rex.The caps look very nice !

 

I scored 4 more like this one I cant wait to get them cleaned up...