Chauncey Wing's Sons (1922)
Greenfield, Massachusetts
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| This is a Wing Midget radiator emblem (1922) sam Size: 52mm wide 27mm high MM: Unknown (probably None) |
Chauncey Wing's Sons had began producing newspaper mailing machines in 1882 but, in 1922, the company decided to produce a small motor car.
The car was called the Wing Midget or Wing Special and was a minature version of an early racing car. The Wing Midget was an air-cooled four-cylinder chain driven car with a top speed of 80 mph. The Wing Midget was produced for one year only.
Emblems
The Wing Midget carried a cast metal radiator emblem and cast metal hub emblems, see original photos shown below:
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| This is a Wing Midget showing the radiator emblem dpl |
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| This is a Wing Midget showing the hub emblems tom |
The black painted, cast metal Wing radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post is extremely rare.
The following painted, cast metal emblems are Wing Midget hub emblems and are very rare:
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| This is a Wing Midget hub emblem (1922) mjs Size: 52mm diameter MM: None |
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| This is a Wing Midget hub emblem (1922) mjs Size: 53mm diameter MM: None |
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