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

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Is there anything in the literature published by Chrysler that explains about 
these wheels? Before the middle seventies I always heard them called "Chrysler 
Wires". One problem was that lots of people thought that the Imperial wheels 
were the same as the others and they clearly are not, although they look alike 
when they are on the car, the bolt pattern is not the same (and I think they 
are slightly larger). 

How did they refer to them in the sales brochures when listed as optional 
equipment? Did they just say wire wheels? 

Paul

In a message dated 1/16/2004 12:05:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> 
> 
> 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
> > >
> > >
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