✅ SOLVED Old V8 "thing"

[HoosierSparky]

Found this cool little guy today while detecting at an old foundry. It is exactly 2" in diameter and appears to be enamelled. Any ideas?

 

[Beezly]

Its off a ford, either a center cap from a wheel hub or a steering wheel center thing I think.

Horn button is what I meant

 

[HoosierSparky]

Brilliant! Thank you! Steering wheel center thing it is!!!

 

[vhs07]

I agree with Beezly.
Here's a bit different style Ford steering wheel V8 horn button/center cap from the 40's

and here's yet another that's a bit different:

So I think a horn button/center cap is very likely.

 

[Beezly]

beautiful find

 

[HoosierSparky]

And here's the proof!

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Those old "banjo" steering wheels are pretty popular, I'll bet there's more than a few people out there looking for that center cap. Cool find!

 

[hvacker]

Ford was very proud of their V8. There were emblems in many places.
They might not have had any idea of what a bunch of hot rodders would be able to do with that motor.
The most ambitious was probably the Ardun Conversion. Made a flathead into an overhead valve hemi.
They still race them at Bonneville.
Milled, filled, and flycut. Seemed no limit to the modifications.