68 Crown fender tag help

["Bill Watson" <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Thanks for the correction!  My list does not even show a 9.15x15 tire.  But,
the 1967-68 Imperial brochures and some other references I have all show the
1967-68 Imperial with 9.15x15 tires.

My lists are compiled from a number of different sources, but unfortunately
only a few are original Chrysler materials.  So I appreciate when someone
points out wrong information.   I am trying to weed out the wrong data and
get them as reliable and correct as I possibly can.

Thanks again.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Hoffman" <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 68 Crown fender tag help


> Bill Watson (wwatson@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > 83 : Tires : 7.72x14, whitewall, 4-ply
>
> How on earth can I humbly suggest that Bill Watson made an error? My world
> is caving in! More likely is that Chrysler made the error or Bill's decode
> list is wrong... My Galen Govier decode book doesn't even show the correct
> size tires for these cars among the choices.
>
> Nonetheless, virtually all (perhaps all except the odd special-order car)
> '68 Imperials left the factory with 9.15x15 tires. Blackwalls were
standard
> on all but the LeBaron, which came standard with three-ribbon whitewalls
in
> the same size. (This holds true for '67 and '68, according to my
> literature.)
>
> The original window sticker for my '67 Crown shows, as the last option
> listed, code 83: "9.15x15 Whitewall Tires-3 Ring." In 1967 this option
cost
> $54.05. Considering that the standard tires were the same size, that's
quite
> a chunk o' change just to add whitewalls!
>
> Don't worry, Bill, and please don't stop doing what you do! You're still
one
> of my heroes...
>
> Chris in LA
> 67 Crown
> 78 NYB Salon
>
>
>