Re: [FWDLK] 1955 Plymouth Wire Wheels
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Re: [FWDLK] 1955 Plymouth Wire Wheels



The Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels were widely available to Mopar, Hudson and Kaiser-Fraser owners in both chrome and painted versions.  In most cases if you were going to purchase the option at all when new, then you went all the way and purchased the chrome versions.  Today you very rarely ever see the painted versions because all the reproductions are only made in chrome and all the originals, if they have been restored, have been done in chrome.  However many original lower priced cars such as Hudson Jets, Pacemakers and Wasps, and Plymouths and Dodges often wore painted wire wheels in sedan and coupe versions while hardtops and convertibles and upper end models like Commodores, Hornets, DeSotos and Chryslers got the chrome wheels.  I'll tell you this: painted wheels may not need to be chrome polished but ALL wire wheels need some sort of spoke or bottle brush to get them clean after driving in the rain!
 
Wayne
(many miles with wire wheels but too old to keep them clean any more!)

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