RE: IML: Rims And Hubcaps/Wheel covers

["Mark Swingle" <mark.swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the 90 Imperials are pretty neat in this respect.  They had an
aluminum alloy wheel with the wire wheel cover which was a lot lighter than
the steel wheels normally used with the wire wheel covers (and on 91-93
Imperials it seems).  Though the wire wheel cover looks the same, it is
different for the aluminum and steel wheel.  Why did they do this?  To save
weight ?  Or because Cadillac also used an aluminum wheel with a wire cover
as well?  I don't know which came first.

Mark



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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Randall
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:46 PM
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Subject: RE: IML: Rims And Hubcaps/Wheel covers

Chris et al,

I agree with Chris that officially this was the case, though I've seen
different country distributors do very different things to cars. For
example, Canadian build '67 and '68 Polaras and Monacos had an optional poly
318 or slant-six for all models, including coupes, where that was an
absolute no-no in US order cars. A member of the WPC club Victoria chapter
has a Windsor build '67 Monaco 500 coupe which lists a 318 right on the data
plate.

Wheels are another thing distributors or even dealers change with impunity. 

Drive fun,


David
BC, Canada
'78 NYB coupe
'81 Cordoba
'98 Jeep Grand Cherokee
'67 MGB-GT

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher H
Sent: January 14, 2008 7:04 PM
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Subject: Re: IML: Rims And Hubcaps/Wheel covers

That may be so but all Imperials from the early 1960s on came with a single
wheel cover for all models in each year. The "chrome styled road wheels"
were never an option on the Imperial, only the New Yorker. Imperials did not
have any wheel trim options after 1961 (until the 1981 models), and even on
the pre-62 models the only difference was some extra dress-up for the wheel
covers on LeBaron models.

Chris in LA
78 NYB Salon
67 Imperial

-----Original Message-----
>From: Wilfred Powell <imperialebaron@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jan 14, 2008 6:42 PM
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>Subject: Re: IML: Rims And Hubcaps/Wheel covers
>
>I have seen factory photos of a 75 Imperial with the Chrysler "road 
>wheels" that are most commonly seen on New Yorker Broughams and 
>Cordobas
>
>mamrom@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Did a Chrysler Imperial ever wear Rims or was 
>it always hubcaps? My 90 has wheel covers as well as my 1974. I know 
>Cadillac and I believe Lincolns had Alloy Rims back in the 90's and 
>today
>
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