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Another Hub Cap? found today 4-7-10

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bunker314

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Hi All,
Found this, what looks like another ford hub cap. Very mangled but I do see about 20 or so thin threads inside. What threw me off at first was the "F" was so different then the one I found the other day. Doesn't really look like a Ford "F". This one was in a completely different part of town. Thanks for looking and any help would be appreciated.
Bunker
Safari
 
If you will forgive me for the attempt at humor on the other post, I will try to help with this. :happy:

I think you are right about a hubcap, and it's not Ford..

I'm thinking maybe Franklin, I'll look.

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-antique-franklin-automobile-screw-on-car

Almost, but not quite. Notice that the cross bar of the F is the same, I think what you have is an older model.

Musketeer

P.S. The Franklin was a great car, air-cooled six cylinder. The engine was used in early Bell Helicopters, as the company manufactured cars in the old Franklin plant, that still had dozens of new, crated engines left behind.

I know a guy who has a Franklin car. He couldn't get it to run right. One day an elderly gentleman, wearing a suit and tie came to his house about some insurance or investments or something like that. The guy was admiring the car and my friend said that he hadn't been able to get it to run right. The old guy asked him what it was doing and my friend told him. The guy said oh, it's the (something )in the carburetor. Everyone puts them in backwards. The guy pulled his coat off, rolled his sleeves up and repaired the carburetor on the spot. Turns out he had been a Franklin mechanic in the old days.
 
Hey Musketeer, you are awesome!!! I thought the joke on the last one was great. No problem there. I have never heard of a Franklin. Learn something every day. That will give me a reference to start doing a little research myself. Too bad it is so mangled.
Again many thanks,
Bunker
Safari
 
The Franklin's were built in my Home town of Syracuse, NY...the place where the factory was is now a High School...A plaque is posted on the fence around the school...

HH,
 
Well I found a website out of Brisbane, Australia that deals in threaded hubcaps. He "thinks" but not positive that it is an aftermarket Ford cap. Saw a picture of one on his site.
Thanks for looking
Bunker
Safari
 
www.hubcapcollector.com

About a zillion hubcaps. None of which match this one.

Why don't you post a picture there and see if anyone can identify it.

I couldn't find a picture of a 1905-1906 Ford Model F hubcap.

It sounds reasonable that it is an aftermarket hubcap, but for what?
I wonder if the hubcap you got a picture of has been checked to see if the threads actually fit a Ford hub. Would be interesting to know.

Musketeer
 
Good Idea Musketeer. Like you, I asked myself why they would make an aftermarket hub that didn't match any others. I just went to that site and it is where I got the picture that I posted.
Bunker
 
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