Hey John, As the present owner of one 69 Imperial, and two others in the past, I do believe that your hubcaps are, in deed, supposed to be painted white in the background. According to my dealer brochure the hubcaps are color keyed to the interior of the car. I am not certain of this, but every 69 I have seen has followed that pattern. My 69 coupe has black interior and black background caps, A friend's 69 had brown interior and his caps were brown. I hope this helped you as that is all the information I can give as of right now. Good Luck, Tony (Imp6971) >From: Imp67cc64@xxxxxxx >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: IML: 1969 wheelcover paint colors--white???? >Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 08:35:43 EST > >I have recently purchased a wonderful and original '69 Lebaron 4-door in >gold >with white leather and top. The wheelcovers are painted white in the >center >and behind the vains which I first thought must be totally wrong. After a >very close inspection to sniff out paint color change, I am not certain >this >is not the way it left the factory. A friends 69 has black behind the >vains >and in the center, but he has a silver with black top car. Does anyone >know >if there was any variation in wheelcover painting in 69? Is black actually >the correct color for behind vains and center? Any chance of a spring >edition >in lighter, brighter colors? > >John -- no longer sans Imperial _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus