• Description; Nickel plated pressed brass threaded hubcap with a brass insert for a Winton automobile built in Cleveland, Ohio between the years of 1896 and 1924. Winton first started producing the six cylinder in 1908.
• Size; The hubcap has an outside diameter of 3 9/16” and is about 1 7/8” high with 3 7/16”- 16 threads.
The Winton Motor Carriage Company of Cleveland, Ohio was a pioneer United States automobile manufacturer. Winton was the first American company to sell a motor car.
The 1904 Winton was a touring car model. Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat 5 passengers and sold for US$2500. The flat-mounted water-cooled straight-2, situated amidships of the car, produced 20 hp (14.9 kW). The channel and angle steel-framed car weighed 2300 lb (1043 kg).
Winton continued successfully through the 1910s marketing automobiles to upscale consumers. As dozens of new automobile companies started up rapid innovation and intense competition led to falling sales in the early 1920s.
The 1904 Winton was a touring car model. Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat 5 passengers and sold for US$2500. The flat-mounted water-cooled straight-2, situated amidships of the car, produced 20 hp (14.9 kW). The channel and angle steel-framed car weighed 2300 lb (1043 kg).
Winton continued successfully through the 1910s marketing automobiles to upscale consumers. As dozens of new automobile companies started up rapid innovation and intense competition led to falling sales in the early 1920s.