Date my brass hub nut

[Beercanman]

Thanks I can't find a match.

 

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[nhbenz]

Call it a hub cap or grease cap (which it is) and you'll find it. They were aftermarket wheels...
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[nhbenz]

Still me? Ok, so these were aftermarket wheels available for Model T's, and an expensive one. Primarily advertised in 1918-1919. I'd read that they were standard equipment on the Maxwell Automobile, but can't confirm that. Being an expensive option from long ago (in car years) your grease cap is pretty sought after. I think the company (National Wire Wheel Works) survived the depression of 1920-'21, but I think their caps changed in there somewhere, and I'm not sure the Pasco model was still in production.
Being that the wheels (which included their own hub) were available for multiple makes and models of car, I'm not sure of the interchangeability between one vehicle to another.
Here's a quick blurb about these: http://www.nwvs.org/Technical/MTFCA/Articles/1504WireWheels.pdf
Oh, also, I've seen these on vehicles as early as 1916, and advertised in 1917 (despite the war going on). I don't know if they were originally purchased with the 1916 examples or added later.
Can someone here do a patent check? (I stink at those)

 

[DCMatt]

As NHBenz said - circa 1918.


DCMatt

 

[Beercanman]

Thanks! Wish I could find an owner missing one original one.

 

[KLF]

Do you still have this Pasco hub cap? I'm interested.
Ken

 

[KLF]

Do you still have this Pasco hub cap? I'm interested.
Ken