|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
09-13-2020, 05:53 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Charlotte NC KiWi-L100 available here
Posts: 2,963
|
36-39 hubcap what is it
My great friend “Hotrod Willie” gave me this. What is the background. I would love a set of them.
|
09-13-2020, 05:55 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Charlotte NC KiWi-L100 available here
Posts: 2,963
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Unusual
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
09-14-2020, 02:59 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 10,376
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Very unusual "wide-five" hubcap. Doesn't look like the ones fitted to USA Fords of this era. Could be European? |
09-14-2020, 06:29 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Palmetto, Georgia
Posts: 127
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
I would guess it is a reproduction where they couldn't use V-8 but wanted something that looked close going down the road........ -RG
|
09-14-2020, 06:38 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia
Posts: 7,009
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Volkswagon V8 ??? LOL
__________________
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". |
09-14-2020, 10:27 AM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Orcas Island Washington
Posts: 4,942
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
__________________
Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson) |
09-14-2020, 12:36 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: sw minnesota
Posts: 4,578
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
i agree with jeep guy. there was a lot of model A dust caps that say "FOOL" on them, written in a script that makes it look like ford unless you study it. jc whitney perhaps
|
09-14-2020, 12:44 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Jacksonville FL
Posts: 3,963
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Another example of just not quite there.....IF you look. A very well done reproduction IF the top of the script "F" was there
|
09-14-2020, 01:45 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: East Shore of LAKE HOUSTON
Posts: 11,114
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
.
Well, since we're talking about un-authorized 'faux' V8, and 'faux' Ford Script stuff here on Kiwi's thread, I'll play TOO! This on the trunk of a '40 coupe that I'm very familiar with. DD |
09-14-2020, 01:56 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys
Posts: 10,320
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Now that's just WRONG!
|
09-14-2020, 02:11 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Jacksonville FL
Posts: 3,963
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
|
09-14-2020, 04:18 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,289
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Actually, Chevy had a V8 in production long before Ford did... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Series_D |
09-14-2020, 07:31 PM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: McMinnville, TN
Posts: 2,327
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
I've has a Wide 5 cap similar to the one in this thread. I believe they were aftermarket. You've likely seen the Model A hubcaps that say "Fool" instead of "Ford" in the typical Ford script as CAS3 mentions. I have several of the "Fool" caps as I think they are neat and even have them on My Model A speedster. Same scenario I think
|
09-14-2020, 09:33 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: southeastern Michigan
Posts: 10,102
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
There's a "bool" version as well.
|
09-15-2020, 12:43 AM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 10,376
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Here is a picture of the Bool repro hubcap that David is referring to. What is it trying to say? Bool? |
09-15-2020, 01:02 AM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 10,376
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Here is someone elses attempt to get around the Trade Mark. 1941 Mercury Hubcaps - Genuine Ford or should I say Genuine Mercury and the Reproduction example. |
09-15-2020, 08:16 AM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Lyman,ME.
Posts: 2,630
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Google says the word “bool” maybe Scottish dialect for the word “bowl”. It also mentions the man who is credited with starting “ Boolean logic “or the basis for modern computer science....George Boole......Mark
__________________
I'm thinkin' about crankin' My ragged ol' truck up and haulin' myself into town. Billy Joe Shaver |
10-13-2020, 09:45 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 10,376
|
Re: 36-39 hubcap what is it
Here is another Reproduction Ford Hubcap, this time one for the 1954 Ford. So that the Manufacturer didn't have to pay Royalties, they changed the two centre letters of the word FORD into something that looks like V8? |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|