The Le Baron hub cap is rare, I lost one 5 years ago & to replace it cost
$300 then. A word of advice , buy an ordinary set of 60 Imp hubcaps to use
when you drive the car. They are fairly easy to get, a full set cost me
$80.00 on ebay. I swap the hub caps over at the shows.
Much less grief that way.
Regards
Dave 60 Le Baron sedan
----- Original Message -----
From: "kenyon wills" <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: IML: my 1960 le baron arrived saftley
>
> --- TRACY AND CLIVE <imperial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Wow I got my 1960 Le Baron yesterday, I have been waiting 3 months fro
> > it to arrive from the usa to new zealand and it was sure worth the wait.
> > I brought the car of ebay in December from a guy in north Carolina , it
> > needs a huge amount of work to get it on the road but I am very pleased
> > that most of its chrome etc is all there, there is a bit of rust but is
> > repairable and not beyond repair , needs a major engine job as the guy
> > never had it in storage for aprox 10 years, so I rescued it just in
> > time, the dash is so cool and boy there's heaps of room in the back, I
> > really like the way the back doors close on their own , the interior has
> > been redone but I have a feeling its not exactly the way it would have
> > been originally, but its nice anyway.
> > the hood lining is wrecked but I guess that easy to fix,
> > its black and the paint is very bad in areas and good in others but I
> > quite like it like that as at least the kids will be able to touch it
> > without me screaming don't touch every five mins.
> > Its got all its original hub caps which I wasn't sure cause it was
> > really hard to see in the photos so that was great, its windscreen
> > unfortunately like them all has a crack in the centre.
> > could anyone tell me how many pillared 60 le barons are around as I
> > would love to know aprox,
> > hope I haven't rambled for to long but I really wanted to tell all the
> > imperial friends about my new car as I am rather excited about having it
> > here and it seemed like forever for it to arrive.
> > take care
> > Tracy Jennings
> >
>
>
> The pillared LeBaron Sedan had the lowest production figures for that
> year, and are less sought after/well known, hence probably pretty scarce.
> Take good care of your car there are probably fewer than 100 left
> anywhere, and maybe fewer than 20 still drivable/restorable (who knows?
> Just guessing by what I've ovserved). They seem pretty scarce.
>
> Check your hubcaps. If they have the LeBaron centers, they are some of
> the scarcest covers around for any car made in that era. Ebay saw a NOS
> one sell for over $500 recently, and they are apparently a holy grail of
> sorts for those that collect hubcaps. You're not likely to stumble onto
> another set soon, so make sure they're on SECURELY before driving. There
> is no roadside mud pit too smelly or deep to prevent me from retreiving
> one that might come off the car in the future.
>
> Check the Imperial Registry >> http://registry.imperialclub.com/ << to
> register yours and to seek others with simiar, would be my suggestion.
> Leaving your email address in there is a nice way to possibly get a
> surprise in the future when someone else sees you there.....
>
> =====
> Kenyon Wills
> 6o LeBaron - America's Most Carefully Built Car
> 73 LeBaron - Long Low & Luxurious
>
> San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area
>
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