Mystery Hubcap

[chevytrux53]

Do any of you fine people know what car this hubcap came off of?  Thank you!

[SteveMaz]

 

[chevytrux53]

Thank you so much!  I would have never figured that out.

[46 woodie]

Chevy, I looked up MW in the Encyclopedia of Motor Cars and it shows "M.W., see Wegmann". So I went to Wegmann and it shows "Wegmann, 1925-1926, This railway carriage builder also introduced a small 4/20PS car with a 4 cylinder 1016cc engine". Being 7 1/4" diameter I would doubt that it's from a "Wegmann". At first I thought Marmon Wasp but that was a race car with smaller hubcaps. There is a "WM" listed as a small Polish car made only one year, 1927 but never went into production. So the mystery continues.

[1912Staver]

I would suggest MW may stand for Motor Wheel. They were one of the big O.E.M. wheel suppliers , but this cap is possibly from something they made for trailers or possibly aftermarket for cars , similar to a General Jumbo wheel.

[Hudsy Wudsy]

so I guess that we've moved beyond Montgomery Ward, huh?

[1912Staver]

Montgomery Ward would be a possibility. I know they retailed a number of European built motorcycles. I expect they also had a line of trailers so there is a chance they would have used branded hubcaps like this one.