The spinner on automobile wheels 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.
Two bladed spinner on a wire wheel
1967 AMC simulated wire wheel cover with spinner
Dodge four-bladed "spinner" wheel cover
Rudge Whitworth Cycles was a British bicycle, bicycle saddle, motorcycle and sports car wheel manufacturer that resulted from the merger of two bicycle manufacturers in 1894, Whitworth Cycle Co. of Bi
Spinner (wheel)
…independently inside a wheel itself when the vehicle is in motion and continues to spin once it has stopped. The spinner or "knock-off" originated with Rudge-Whitworth center lock wire wheels and hubs, which were first patented in 1908. The spinner was a threaded, winged nut designed to keep the wheel fastened to the…
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Rudge Ulster 500 cc from 1937 in Ystad on its way to Rønne 2023
Rudge-Whitworth wire wheel on a Jaguar
Bicycle chainring with the Rudge-Whitworth hand logo on it