Where did you find a '60 LeBaron wheel cover, Dave? At $300.00 it was probably
a bargain!
I also have one of those cars, and I am very lucky to have a single spare that
is not for sale. I found it in the locked trunk of a '60 LeBaron in a wrecking
yard. I had to crawl into the trunk through the opening behind the back seat to
get it. The yard was in rattlesnake country and I was told was very dangerous.
I had done that to three other junked LeBarons over a period of six years and
only found one wheel cover.
It was very frustrating since those four cars would each have originally had
four wheel covers, which made a total of 16. Finding only one was real slim
pickin's!
Paul
In a message dated 6/24/2004 6:32:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dave-tracy.sherratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Don, I lost one of my Le Baron ones in a similar circumstance years ago. I
>think that at all you can do is to pull back with some pliers the insides
>where they grip with the wheel.I Hope that will help you out. A Loss of a
>hubcap can be a very expensive thing , the replacement for my Le Baron was
>over 300 bucks !.
> Regards
> Dave.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: DONALDDICKINSOND@xxxxxx
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:45 PM
> Subject: IML: My 60 mph hubcap!
>
>
> I was heading south on I71 toward the city, with the top down (beautiful
>day), to show off my car to some former employees. Then a horrible metallic
>racket that scared the living you know what out of me. I quickly pulled over
>and my right front hubcap that was following me passed me at 60 mph then
>suddenly crossed the median and slammed into the guardrail on the North bound
>side. Needless to say my hubcap that I recently refurbished was a total loss.
> Does anyone have a
> foolproof method of keeping these hub caps on?
>
>
> Don Dickinson
> Prospect, KY
>
> 1955 Imperial Newport, Canyon Tan and Desert Sand
> 1967 Imperial Custom Convertible, Ivory and Burgundy
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