Need ID Help on this LaSalle Part

[Don Rundgren]

I need help with this LaSalle piece. It is 9 3/4" diameter, stamped nickel plated steel with a 1 11/16" diameter brass emblem in the center. It has a 2 1/2" long fine-threaded stud attached to the back center. Looks like it could be a cap for a spare tire but I couldn't find any thing similar in a photo search. I would like to know the original use and what year it is from, thanks for your help.

[Mike Baillargeon #15848]

Don, looks like the hub cap for those spare tires that sit up on the front fenders of an older LaSalle, the side mounts.

The long threaded rod should have had a removable plate at the end and a wing nut to go thru the hub of the side mount spoke tire on the front fender.

This cap would clean-up the look of the tire sitting there.

Year?  20s-30s?

Mike

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

Sure looks that way to me as well.

[C.R. Patton II]

Hello Eric

Absolutely.  Great car.

[Don Rundgren]

Thanks for the replies, that is what I assumed also but I have not been able to come up with any photos supporting it. Has anyone ever seen this type of installation?