'56 Imperial horn ring

["bevacqua" <tonysru2@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Arran,
Thanks for the suggestions.  Do you know how these horn rings come off
without damaging it more, or the steering wheel??  Thanks again.

Tony

----- Original Message -----
> Tony;
>  My suggestion would be to take the horn ring to a chrome shop and see
what
> they can do about repairing it. These horn rings, which were also used on
> the Chryslers, seem to be prone to breaking, almost like a design defect.
> Almost every 1956 Chrysler or Imperial that I have seen for sale seems to
> have this broken. Ironically the older style horn ring, like what is used
on
> my car, seem to be almost indestructable as junk yard cars and derelects
> often have them intact. This, and the fact that they were used for four or
> fives years straight, seems to make the 1951- 54 type quite pletiful in
> comparison.
>  Getting into the issue of reproducing parts it would be a smart business
> move if someone could come up with a way to reproduce the 55/56 rings as
> there would be a fairly decent demand for such a product. Maybe that
outfit
> that Kenyon found in India could make them out of brass, who knows? Of
> course someone in the Walter P. Chrysler club might already be making them
> as even Windsors suffer from the same affliction.
> Good Luck
> Arran Foster