It's nit pickin' time again! (Was: 1954 La Comtesse)

["Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gee Dick, I though in California water did flow uphill.....  <grin>

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: IML: It's nit pickin' time again! (Was: 1954 La Comtesse)


> I agree these are the wheels that most people call Kelsey-Hayes wheels.
> That is an old error that has been propagated by so many people copying
> other peoples text that it has become almost a generic name for any wire
> wheels.
>
> These are not made by Kelsey-Hayes, and never were.  Kelsey-Hayes makes a
> fine wheel, but these were made by Motor Rim company in Detroit, as anyone
> who has ever mounted tires on them can tell you.  The name is stamped
inside
> the rim, right next to the valve hole.
>
> Us Packard nuts have the same mistake in most literature.
>
> This is like pushing water up hill with a broom!
>
> As I've said before, I give up.
>
> Help!!? ----- - Sherwood? ------ANYbody?
>
> Dick Benjamin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike & Christine Trettin" <mtrettin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:50 AM
> Subject: Re: IML: It's nit pickin' time again! (Was: 1954 La Comtesse)
>
>
> > Dick wrote:
> >
> > > I just went to the IML link for this car, as given by Chris below, and
> > > discovered to my amazement that the car is stated to have Kelsey-Hayes
> > > wheels!  Is this a mistake, or were special wheels made for this car?
> > They
> > > look like the standard Mopar wires to me, but who knows?
> >
> > Hi Dick,
> >
> > We took that information about the La Comtessa from "The Standard
Catalog
> of
> > Chrysler 1924 - 1990" by John Lee.  If you look at the second picture of
> the
> > car, you will notice that these are definitely the Kelsey-Hayes wire
> wheels
> > and since this was a one off car, the wire wheels could NOT have been a
> > dealer added option or an owner change, but one added by Chrysler
> > themselves.  So, I guess the mystery continues...
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Chris Trettin
> > 1956 Imperial sedan
> >
> >
> >