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Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:38
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Subject: IML: Hubcaps/Wheel covers:
Question on 59' caps../IML mistake??
One other thing I forgot to mention,
Most all of the '59 Imperial 'caps have about a 1/2" air gap around
the perimeter where they attach to the rim, for added brake drum
cooling.
Hi Todd,
The '59 'caps are somewhat of a mysterious animal.
The ones I've seen on the Customs or Crowns tend to be the "LeBaron" cog
style, but the "cog/tooth area" is a silver/stainless rather than a burnished
gold. The upper end LeBaron 'caps had the gold burnished tooth/cog area, as
seen on Marty's '59.
I compared the Dodge 'caps you were talking about, and I think those
(checker/bullet) ones seemed to have been a standard Chrysler generic
'cap.
I would vote for the silver/stainless center cog ones as being the
"lower" end Imperial caps for '59.
I hope to own a '59 myself someday.......... still looking.
I have some good pics of the "lower end" '57 and '58 Imperial
hubcaps.
I will send them to the site, one of these days.
I'm working in the garage today !!
-Mike in Boring/Damascus Oregon
On 1/16/08, santiam
oregon <santiamoregon@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
Are the photos accurate on the 1959 hubcaps? The bullet/checker
style hubcaps look like 1959 Dodge to me. I had a set and they in
no way fit either a 14" or 15" Imperial wheel. An
old friend that has had lots of late 50's Chrysler products said
he thought they were 59' Dodge and required a lock ring to use them as
they clip on the outside with a very minor lip. I personally have never
seen them on an Imperial, only Dodges.
Also, there is not a representation of the 1957 hubcaps
with the plain center and black paint. Only the 58' style w/ the crown
centers and cream paint.
Whomever the specialist is in this area, please either validate or
correct me on this.
thanks,
Todd
Did
a Chrysler Imperial ever wear Rims or was it always hubcaps? My 90 has
wheel covers as well as my 1974. I know Cadillac and I believe Lincolns
had Alloy Rims back in the 90's and today
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