Re: IML: color-keyed wheel covers

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

I just checked the color of the center of the wheels from my 69 LeBaron Coupe. They are a slightly off white color.

This car is green and had a green vinyl roof when I purchased it, but the broadcast sheet calls for a white roof.

In this case, assuming the wheels are original, the wheels seemed to match the roof.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher H"
To: "IML (main)"
Subject: Re: IML: color-keyed wheel covers
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:30:20 -0800


Color-keyed wheel covers were only offered in 1964 and 1969.

It's hard to tell from the 1969 brochure that this was even done, since the
photo car used is black, but the print advertisements show a few other car
colors (among them bronze and gold) and the bronze one has the color-keyed
wheel covers clearly shown. In the PR photos there is a white car with a
black vinyl top and it wears wheel covers with black paint.

Does anyone have a 1969 parts book or data guide (showroom album) explaining
this feature?

Chris in LA
67 Crown
78 NYB Salon

On 2/28/07 7:53 AM, aeyn at mr85000@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> My 69 had the wheel covers matching the vinyl roof colour, but my
> 75 has only chrome and black. When did they stop the colouring
> of the wheelcovers?
>
> Æyn & Patrick
>
> --- Chris Hawkins wrote:
>
>> The wheel cover centers are supposed to match the
>> paint on the main body of the car. If the roof was a
>> different color, painted or vinyl covered, it was
>> likely possible to have them match that color.
>>
>> When the car is a solid color, I am not aware of any
>> wheel covers coming from the factory that did not
>> match that color.
>>
>> Chris H.
>>
>>
>>
>> --- crowncoupe64@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> While following the thread about Imperials wheels, I
>>> thought I would tap into the seemingly infinite
>>> knowledge of Imperials. While getting some parts
>>> off a '64 Lebaron that was Persian White and Black
>>> Top, same as my Crown Coupe
>>>
>>
> http://photos.aaca.org/showphoto.php?photo=9480&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=
> 518,
>>> I notice that the centers of the wheelcovers on the
>>> Lebaron were white while on my Crown they are black.
>>> I saw a dark green car with light green centers.
>>> What determined what the color of the wheelcover
>>> centers would be?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1964/MarkShaffer/index.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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