Non-Hudson Mystery - take a look, test your skills!

[Deleted User] · July 2013

Came across this piece at the flea market today. I believe it to be an enameled radiator plaque for a defunct automobile manufacturer I have no knowledge of. I believe it to read L W F (the W being predominant, perhaps the first part of the name). Thoughts?

RL Chilton · July 2013

Did some digging, didn't come up with anything. All of the usual 'W'-auto manufacturers came up empty, assuming the 'W' is a surname.

Another guess is that the three letters are three surnames of the principals in a company.

Might not even be a car logo.

Might be "Long-Winded-Female" . . . but maybe not.

Cool, anyway.

[Deleted User] · July 2013

Hey now RL . . . I'm pretty confident it is not a bicycle head badge as it is a bit too large, heavy and is basically flat as opposed to rounded to accommodate the shape of the frame. Perhaps our next contestant will solve the mystery.

hudsontech · July 2013

If it's not to big it could be a running board step-plate, maybe.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

barrysweet52 · July 2013

How about a car heater badge?

bob ward · July 2013

Lanchester-Wills-Ferrari, an ill considered, short lived and now long forgotten international car manufacturing conglomerate from the mid 1920s.

[Deleted User] · July 2013

Hmmmmmm, the monogram fits - do we have a winner?

ESSX28-1 · July 2013

So long forgotten that they may never have existed!! :-)

[Deleted User] · July 2013

According to Wikipedia, Wills Sainte Claire was an automobile brand manufactured by the C. H. Wills and Company, in Marysville, Michigan, from 1921 to 1927 and Lanchester Motor Company Limited was a car manufacturer located until early 1931 at Armourer Mills, Montgomery Street, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and afterwards at Sandy Lane, Coventry England. Lanchester was purchased by the BSA Group at the end of 1930. And Ferrari, well it's Ferrari...seems unlikely...