• Description; Cast brass threaded hub cap for an Itala automobile built in Italy between the years of 1904 and 1934. I believe this is an early cap.
• Size; The cap has an outside diameter of 4” (100mm) and is 1.152” (30mm) high with external threads that are just under 3.63” (92mm) and 2 ½” (62mm) across the octaganol.
• Weight: 1 lb 1 5/8 oz (500gms)
On May 15th 2005, Queenslanders Lang Kidby OAM and his wife Bev fulfilled an extraordinary dream to recreate the Peking-Paris Raid, setting off in their restored 35/45 Itala very similar to the one used by Count Borghese. Two De Dion-Boutons, an extremely rare Spyker and a reconstruction of a Contal accompanied them, arriving in Paris on July 12th 2005. Their journey has become the subject of a book and an ABC television series.
