Description: A NPPB cap from a 1924-27 Star
Dimension: it is about 2 15/16" or 75 mm in overall diameter and 2 9/16" or 65 mm in diameter at the threaded section.
Note: this cap was originally classified as an Aster.
G.B. 1922 – 30. ASTER ENGINEERING CO LTD., WEMBLEY, MIDDLESEX.
THE WORD ASTER MEANS PERENIAL PLANT WITH LATE BLOOMING STAR LIKE FLOWERS. NOTE STAR DESIGN ON HUB CAP.
THE FIRST CAR WAS A FINELY CONSTRUCTED EXPENSIVE MACHINE OF MODERN DESIGN,MADE IN LIMITED NUMBERS. RATED AT 18/50HP , THE 2618cc ENGINE HAD PUSH ROD OVERHEAD VALVES & COIL IGNITION. ITS MAIN ATTRACTION WAS THE BODYWORK, WHICH WAS NOTABLY HANDSOME AND COMFORTABLE. IN 1924 THE BORE WAS ENLARGED, DUAL IGNITION BECAME OPTIONAL, FRONT WHEEL BRAKES WERE STANDARDIZED AND THE NEW MODEL WAS NAMED THE 20/55. THE DUKE OF YORK BECAME THE FIRM’S MOST DISTINGUISHED CUSTOMER IN 1925, BUT THIS DID NOT SAVE IT FROM AMALGAMA
