Model A wheel

[Guest Jeff west]

Confused at the stamping of the logo. Possibly a mis-stamped  center cap? Or something different altogether? Curious as to what I have?

 

 

 

[gwells]

Aftermarket cap from back in the day. They used 'Fool' rather than 'Ford' most likely to avoid legal action for copyright reasons.

[Guest Jeff west]

I thought it looked like fool. That's funny. At least I'm not one!!!

[keiser31]

They also made an aftermarket cap with the word, "BOOL" on it. Saved them from the copyright laws.

 

[Dave Henderson]

Fool or Bool, it just depends on how you read it. I don't believe there is a separate one for each. Rusty because they had a cheap one layer thin flash plating right over the steel. Some were cad plated.

 

 

[m-mman]

Sometimes the script word was F88D.

 

This continued into the 1950s onto cheap wheel covers. And yes, always cheap flash plating, never stainless steel. Another way they kept the price down. 

[caddyshack]

I have a complete set of screw on Model T caps with the same "Bool" or "Fool" script. J.C. Whitney used to sell these years ago. I have not seen these on Model A caps. Thanks for posting.

[41 Su8]

I have a complete set of these for a '28-29 Model A. They look like they were never on a car.  

 

John