Re: IML: '61 LeBaron Wheel Cover Parts

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Well, they may not be correct for a Crown Convertible, but it is those personal touches that make our cars special. My experience with '61 LeBaron's is so very light. I have only actually seen two in my entire life, the first one parked in front of our house in Southern California in the mid-'60s, and one for sale in Yakima, Washington in about 1982. They were both black. The first one was wonderful, the second one was little more than a parts car. What I am getting at is that I don't recall studying the wheel covers in either car. Do they actually say "LeBaron" on them? I know that some years they do (like '60), and some years they don't. If I was lucky enough to find a set, I would proudly display them on my '62 LeBaron, even though they would be the wrong year. Possibly that can become my quest for the New Year...Ebay, look out!

Paul

In an email dated Tue, 28 12 2004 7:14:16 am GMT, Tony Lindsey <papatony@xxxxxxx> writes:

>
>On Dec 27, 2004, at 10:52 PM, RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Well, I have about a dozen standard Custom/Crown '61 Imperial wheel 
>> covers. It would be nice to have those parts to make one of them into 
>> a "special LeBaron" wheel cover.
>
>You'd be happy with just one?
>
>> Actually, I think you posted to us that Princess Hyacinth (reminds me 
>> of Hyacinth Bucket on T.V. but that is another story) has two standard 
>> wheel covers on the right side. One of those could easily be made into 
>> a LeBaron wheel cover with these parts, right?
>
>Yeah - As I recall (rather poorly), my goal was to get ONE MORE 
>wheelcover to complete these set before I installed any more of them. ?
>You see, if you're looking at only one side of the car, two matching 
>wheelcovers look better than two mis-matched wheelcovers. ?In my 
>experience with folks leaving tongue-prints of admiration all over 
>Princess Hyacinth (metaphorically speaking), by the time that person 
>works their way to the other side of the car, they're too busy grooving 
>on the OTHER details to notice that the wheelcovers don't match the 
>other side.
>
>As I said, I had completely forgotten I had acquired the third 
>wheelcovers' LeBaron parts. I sure wish I had found #4! As I'm sure 
>many folks here know, there was a set of four LeBaron wheelcovers on 
>eBay a couple of months back - the price rapidly went out of my reach, 
>unfortunately.
>
>No, these wheelcovers aren't "proper" for a '61 Crown Convertible, but 
>hey - They're groovy and glorious! ?They're so EXNER EXTREME.
>
>
>
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