Red crown valve stem caps

Twitch · January 11th, 2005

Going through old junk I found something from my youth. It was a pair of red valve stem caps that Standard Oil used to sell in their stations back when they all had the crown atop the pumps and whatnot. We just called them 'red crowns' since they were crafted like the crowns on the pumps. We'd cruise around on our bikes and liberate them from cars that had them.

Anyone remember these? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/image...mlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

bkazmer · January 11th, 2005

kids today know the same trick with chrome valve caps - I can't get too mad knowing I did the same thing.

51Patty400 · January 11th, 2005

I saw a set of 4 packard ones on ebay a few weeks ago. They looked new though. Nice chrome and the packard logo on the top.

- Mark

Twitch · January 12th, 2005

I saw the Ebay ones too. See the attached of the Standard red crown...

51Patty400 · January 14th, 2005

Someone is bound to take those if it's daily driver :-(

- Mark

Twitch · January 14th, 2005

Yeah we sure did when we were kids! I only have 2 of them but it made me wonder if anyone else knew of them from the days when the crown was on Standard Oil's pumps. This was 50s-60s St. Louis MO.

AMP1369 · January 19th, 2005

Please let me know if you'd be interested in selling your red crown valve stem caps. My dad loves them and used to have them on his car. Someone stole them (probably didn't even know what they had). My sister and I are looking to complete a set for his new motor home.