Can anyone identify this car part plz.

[hAyyoUinAU]

is it even a 'H' ?

If you look closely, the G seems to be right, but the 'H' has shorter top . Could be throwing us all off?

Interesting

 

[LONEWOLF]

I have tried GH and GI.... no luck...

LW....

 

[Wishfull]

I am starting to wonder if I should have said "Can anyone identify this part plz" as I am not not sure if it is a car part at all which is throwing everyone off.
As I have said I will go back to my mates home and take a picture of the other side and see if that helps us.
Thank you to all the blokes helping with this.

 

[kemjak57]

I just had a look at vintage MGs and it could come off a 53 model or similar

 

[kemjak57]

Had a closer look and I think Im wrong. Its a tough one. Mike Wolfe would know what it was

 

[cairnspom]

I just had a look at vintage MGs and it could come off a 53 model or similar

I wondered about a wheel spinner ( def not an MG...I recognise those!) but OP said the back had a 10 ml bolt out the back, a wheel spinner would have an internal thread, and also the 'wings' are an odd shape for one.

 

[LONEWOLF]

There is a lot of Vintage wheel spinners that look like that one... Guess we will have to wait for the reverse pic...

LW....

 

[silver]

Heres the closeup of the insignia from 4 sides

just incase a differing view helps

 

[LONEWOLF]

Yes I cut and pasted just the emblem on a few search engines and have come up with.... Nothing ... I have spent Hours on this and it's doing my head in... ]

Might Email it to some Vintage Car Clubs and see what they come up with... 8)

LW...

 

[Manpa]

One things for sure, it's not a flux capacitor!

 

[Rockhunter62]

If it has a 10mm thread on the inside, it would indicate European being metric.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Tathradj]

So it only has a 10mm bolt on the back.
Wheel Spinner nut is up wards of at least
40 to 50 mm female thread wide.
Starting to sound like an Aircraft emblem
along the lines of a glycol coolant.

 

[grubstake]

It appears to be aluminium, which I think rules out an auto wheel spinner: too soft and too brittle.

Could it possibly be an old aircraft part or even from a vintage motorcycle? A major figure in both fields in Britain through the 1920s-30s (the era of the rather art nouveau style of the logo), was an Aussie, Harry Hawker and his company HG Hawker Engineering (initials 'HGH'). Today, the Hawker name is most often associated with the famed Hawker Hurricane WWII fighter, by which time the company had become Hawker Siddeley.

Some background info:
http://cybermotorcycle.com/marques/hawker/

 

[HarryHoudini]

If it has a 10mm thread on the inside, it would indicate European being metric.

Cheers

Doug

If it is old it would have a BSF or AF thread I believe.

Cheers

 

[grubstake]

The underside is hollow with a steel thread in the center about 25 mm long and maybe 10 mm diam. made of cast aluminium. Its definitely not a radiator cap.

Wishful never said it had a 10mm thread. He just guesstimated sizes using metrics rather than imperial.

 

[Occasional_panner]

One things for sure, it's not a flux capacitor!

But you can find one here https://www.jaycar.com.au/flux-capacitor/p/OUTATIME

 

[Occasional_panner]

Well whatever it is, after being an ash tray it will never be a lolly or peanut tray. some questions just remain a mystery, just like women.

 

[HeadsUp]

If it has a 10mm thread on the inside, it would indicate European being metric.

Cheers

Doug

If it is old it would have a BSF or AF thread I believe.

Cheers

I have seen Italian cars from 1904 that were using metric , maybe Germany did too ?

Whatever it came off I think the style would be 1930s to 1950s

The vintage cars I have played with that had spin on wheel nuts , whether Italian , British or yank all had threads between 2 to 3 ( 50 - 75 mm )

 

[HarryHoudini]

Yes it was interesting times working on vintage vehicles. So many tools needed.

 

[aussiefarmer]

So it seems purely for decoration, so it could easily come from a washing machine , vacuum cleaner , electric fan or refrigerator.
All these items were over built with style like that at some stage in the past..