STAYGOLD Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Anyone good with identifying threaded hub caps? Looking to find the original usage for this 20" wood spoke wheel with a threaded hub cap stamped "YK" Looks like it might be off a large car or possibly a small truck. Any help or leads on information would be great. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Maybe Willys-Knight. Here is a similar logo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Another similar logo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAYGOLD Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks for the reply - that is what I had first thought, until I looked at the cap closer. The "Y" and "K" are fairly distinct and do not intersect or join with each other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Yellow Knight do I win anything? ...and no not that wheel either 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, F&J said: Yellow Knight do I win anything? ...and no not that wheel either I don't see that on my list of manufacturers, but I would believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, keiser31 said: I don't see that on my list of manufacturers, but I would believe it. I thought you had every ID book made.. just kidding It is the very last illustration in the entire book : Truck Spotters Guide .. in the last section, which is for very obscure orphan makes. I could be wrong from memory, but besides trucks, I think they made Taxi's too? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Ah....I have actually seen that illustration, but I do not have it in my library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagefinds Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I had to look and sure nuff that illustration is there. Does anyone know if the author Tad Burness is still around? I'd like to write him and tell him how valuable his books have been to me especially the 1920-39 car edition. I've looked through it so many times page by page trying to identify some fender,door or body section I picked up that today it's just a pile of loose pages. Still consulted on a regular basis. If my reply is in any way construed as "stealing this post",I sincerely apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, sagefinds said: I had to look and sure nuff that illustration is there. Does anyone know if the author Tad Burness is still around? I'd like to write him and tell him how valuable his books have been to me especially the 1920-39 car edition. I've looked through it so many times page by page trying to identify some fender,door or body section I picked up that today it's just a pile of loose pages. Still consulted on a regular basis. If my reply is in any way construed as "stealing this post",I sincerely apologize. Just ran his name on Bing, and it shows birth/death header as "1933- " then the dash, so it seems he's still here. Also it listed a RR book written in 2017. My Truck guide fell apart too, some years ago, ...bought it in the mid 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Tad Burness passed away in 2012 in Pacific Grove, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagefinds Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Well darnit,I hated to hear that,guess it's just a fond memory thing now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I was saddened to hear that also. I met Tad Burness about forty years ago. I was actually studying cartooning at the time. Along with our mutual like of antique automobiles, we hit it off really well. We both also collected 78 rpm records. He was trying to collect a complete run of Romeo Records from the 1920s. Romeo Records may not be well known, but they tend to have some of the best 1920s jazz, hot vocals, and dance numbers I ever heard!. I had about 2000 78s in my collection, with special record books for the fifty or more Romeo Records I had. He had about a thousand Romeo Records alone, plus another thousand or so of other '20s stuff. Family demands started early for me, I stopped pursuing cartooning, and lost touch with Tad. I have often wondered if he ever completed his pursuit of the Romeo Records. My apologies for the drift down memory lane. I also recognized the hubcap as a Yellow Knight. A very good friend many years ago had a Yellow Knight bus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) Thank you all for the above information. If any of this information is considered a "Topic Drift" then it is truly a sad day for the hobby and Forum. Knowing about people we never met that brought joy into our lives should be celebrated. Bob Edited October 16, 2020 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Definitely Yellow Knight. I had a YK about 25 years ago with the same wheels and caps. It was a light truck with the gas tank sitting on top of the cowl. Four cylinder Knight engine and a Muncie trans. It came out of a preschool where it was a play area toy. They painted it up to look like a fire truck. During a move and some resultant issues it and an early Fordson vanished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 22 hours ago, CarlLaFong said: During a move and some resultant issues it and an early Fordson vanished Never to be seen again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 2 hours ago, GregLaR said: Never to be seen again? Actually I know where both ended up. It wasn't worth the hassle to try to get them back, especially since I had no proof that they were mine so it was finders keepers loser's weepers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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