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2. Spinner (wheel) - Wikipedia

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   The spinner on automobile wheels historically refers to knock-off hub nuts or center caps. They may be the actual, or intended to simulate, the design used on antique vehicles or vintage sports cars. A "spinner wheel" in contemporary usage is a type of hubcap or inner wheel ornament, that spins independently inside of a wheel itself when the ...

3. Hubcap - Wikipedia

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   Various automobile hubcaps. A hubcap or hub cap is a decorative disk on an automobile wheel that covers at minimum the central portion of the wheel, called the hub. [1] An automobile hubcap is used to cover the wheel hub and the wheel fasteners to reduce the accumulation of dirt and moisture. It also has the function of decorating the car. [2]

4. Centerlock wheel - Wikipedia

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   History. The centerlock wheel and hub system was first introduced by Rudge-Whitworth in the early 1900s, for use in automobile wire wheels. Initially called "QD" (for "quickly disconnectable") the basic mechanism for "knock-off" style centerlock hubs was patented by 1908. It was quickly adopted by auto manufacturers and racers.

5. Hubcaps on a pole: Spring is coming to Morgantown

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   Mar. 7—They call it "The Rim Reaper." That would have been a perfect opening for this story—an ominous nickname for the wooden pole that stands waiting, watching and collecting hubcaps next to ...

6. Oldsmobile 98 - Wikipedia

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   1953 Ninety-Eight Fiesta 98 Fiesta style "spinner" hubcap. New in 1953, the Fiesta joined the Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado and Buick Roadmaster Skylark as top-of-the-line, limited-production specialty convertibles introduced that year by General Motors to promote its design leadership. It featured a cut-down belt line, a wraparound windshield ...

7. Alloy wheel - Wikipedia

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   Another function of Tru-Spinners was they could also spin backward as the alloy wheel was rolling forward. Although replacing standard steel wheel and tire combinations with lighter alloy wheels and potentially lower profile tires can result in increased performance and handling, this doesn't necessarily hold when increasingly large wheels are ...