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Features identify this hubcap?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by 5w32, Nov 9, 2012.

  1. 5w32
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    can anyone identify these?
     

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  2. propwash
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    I do not believe these are factory caps from any US manufacturer.
     
  3. Mr48chev
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    I have no rational idea but it's a pretty good looking cap. The center piece may be an aftermarket add on that was sold in Canada back when. Buy four of them at the Canadian version of Western Auto or Pep Boys and stick them on the hubcaps to dress them up. There might be part of an emblem under those if that is the case.
     
  4. '54Caddy
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    The little leaf in the center cap resembles a Ford Frontenac logo (Canadian Comet)
     

  5. Look like 55 Mercury but I've never seen these on any Meteor Monarch so I'm inclined to agree with the aftermarket add on from Canadian Tire etc theory
     
  6. indianhead74
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    The base cap looks like a '58 Imperial cover that I have hangin on the wall. Don't know about the additions to it. Is it 14"?
     
  7. 5w32
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    its a 15" cap, i have 2 of them....i found them in the trunk of a 50 studebaker champion 2 door sedan, i have seen a similar (but different size) maple leaf on the dash of a 53 studebaker(canadian built)
     
  8. My thoughts are the base is maybe a 54 Chevy with something else added
     
  9. Definetely not a 54 chevy cap...this is a 54 chevy cap.
     

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  10. 1pickup
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    Sure looks like the '55 Merc caps I have on my '49, with the center star over top of it. Can you see the Mercury head from the back side? Maybe Canadian Merc is a pretty good bet if no head on it.
     
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  12. 5w32
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    That looks like it , but there is mo evidence of the mercury head
     
  13. Post Apocalyptic Kustoms
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    Aftermarket merc cap from the 50's. Probably JC Whitney or something.
     
  14. Monarchkungen
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    Hi! its a 1955 monarch hubcap, canadian mercury!!
    is it for sale?
     

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