OK. I just checked it, and no one is crazy but me. The retaining ring is indeed on the front! (It surprises me because it's not very pretty that way... The splined perimeter seems rather obvious and IMHO would have been better concealed facing the back, where no one ever looks at the ornament up close.) -- Chris in LA 67 Crown 78 NYB Salon On 2/20/05 8:37 AM, Christopher Hoffman (imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > Hey, everyone... Sorry for the apparent misinformation about which side of > the ornament the retaining ring was on. I replaced my over 10 years ago and > don't keep the car at home, so I did the best I could from memory. You can > see what side of the ornament the rings is on by looking at it (which I'll > surely do and commit to memory next time I exercise my car, but since I know > the insert seems to sit almost flush with the front of the chrome outer > ring, that was how I remembered it going together). > > The part I wanted to explain to the person who raised the original question > was that there was a ring and that it was a press-in type. I'll dig through > my spare parts sometime to see if I have an insert nice enough for George to > make a mold from. > > -- > Chris in LA > 67 Crown > 78 NYB Salon ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm