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Help ID these parts?
  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,102Platinum Member
    I'm looking for help to ID these parts, I'm sure somebody needs them worse than my dad. They have been garage art for far to long. Planning on listing in the next WTN...

    The grill is NOS, the wheel is used but solid and appears straight. It measures about 24" OD on the steel.

    Thanks,
    Matt


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  • Geoff C., N.Z.Geoff C., N.Z.
    Posts: 2,267Platinum Member
    1924-1926 Essex.
    If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,102Platinum Member
    That was quick! There is a ton to learn about these, every time I deal with these parts I learn a bit more.

    Thanks.
  • bent metalbent metal
    Posts: 1,348Platinum Member
    Geoff, I too think that grill is '24 Essex. But isnt' that wheel newer? Like '27 or so? ...Maybe?
  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,102Platinum Member
    I compared the wheel to my dads 27, and it is definatley different, larger OD If I remember right. It has a "Hudson" center cap.
  • Geoff C., N.Z.Geoff C., N.Z.
    Posts: 2,267Platinum Member
    Looking closer at the wheel, you are correct, it is not Essex 6, but a Hudson wheel from around 1922 or earlier. These were 24" diameter. I assumed the radiator and wheel were off the same car, but this is obviously not so. The Essex 4 wheels were also 24", but the hub caps are smaller.
    If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
  • bent metalbent metal
    Posts: 1,348Platinum Member
    Ok, so those parts are identified. The wood in that wheel looks pretty good too.

    So how about these wheels. I thought they were '24 Essex, only 16"!

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    What do you think?:)
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  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,102Platinum Member
    Geoff C., N.Z. wrote:
    Looking closer at the wheel, you are correct, it is not Essex 6, but a Hudson wheel from around 1922 or earlier. These were 24" diameter. I assumed the radiator and wheel were off the same car, but this is obviously not so. The Essex 4 wheels were also 24", but the hub caps are smaller.

    The grill is NOS - so never was on a car :) The wood on the wheel is very solid. I'm hoping to find someone that needs it for their car, they can't be too easy to find.
  • Geoff C., N.Z.Geoff C., N.Z.
    Posts: 2,267Platinum Member
    My guess on the 14-spoke wheels is that they have been adapted to fit a 1927 or '28 Essex hub. These wood wheels were an optional extra on the '35 Hudson 8 l.w.b. cars, but were 5 stud bolt-ons originally.
    If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
  • essexcoupe3131essexcoupe3131
    Posts: 1,216Platinum Member
    Geoff, we need to plug in a hard drive into that brain of yours so all the information you have is saved for generations to come
    Mike
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