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lamune
Posts : 868
Join date : 2014-05-09
Location : Seattle
| Subject: Best car of show!  Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:24 pm | |
| Well, not really, but I was just glad to be able to make it this year!  | |
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pagroundhog
Posts : 21
Join date : 2015-07-08
Age : 76
Location : Shippensburg, Pa
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:51 am | |
| Sweet. I pick up my 96 in a week. Adriatic/Adriatic, cast wheels, woody 24,000 chauffeur driven miles, Dog transport and grocery getting, winter use 4 times to get dogs to shore over Christmas. I kid you not. | |
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lamune
Posts : 868
Join date : 2014-05-09
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:18 am | |
| 24k miles! Nice. Sounds like there were some lucky dogs but you may be the luckiest dog of all!  | |
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Mark 96 Roady
Posts : 806
Join date : 2012-06-30
Age : 65
Location : Cleveland/Ft Myers Beach FL
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:13 am | |
| Lamune, nice looking car! What are those wheels from? They look a little like early 90's Cadillac FWD wheels. | |
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lamune
Posts : 868
Join date : 2014-05-09
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:58 am | |
| - Mark 96 Roady wrote:
- Lamune, nice looking car! What are those wheels from? They look a little like early 90's Cadillac FWD wheels.
They are apparently from a Caprice. Not the Impala, as the guy who I got the car from thought they were. They're not bad, I would have been happier with the Buick wheels but these hold the tires on just as well. 95 Caprice wheels | |
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Mark 96 Roady
Posts : 806
Join date : 2012-06-30
Age : 65
Location : Cleveland/Ft Myers Beach FL
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:52 am | |
| It's funny, most times "wrong" wheels look weird, but in your photo they look great. Maybe its the dark color of your car with the polished wheels, but I really like it. | |
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MalibuSSwagon
Posts : 580
Join date : 2014-01-12
Location : NH
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:33 pm | |
| They look way better than Roadmaster wheels | |
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lamune
Posts : 868
Join date : 2014-05-09
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:10 pm | |
| - Mark 96 Roady wrote:
- It's funny, most times "wrong" wheels look weird, but in your photo they look great. Maybe its the dark color of your car with the polished wheels, but I really like it.
Thanks Mark. Their condition is pretty good for them being 20 years old. I just washed them, nothing special. Certainly not very well polished I'm not sure if those wheels were available on the Caprice wagon. Still a B body, so it's not too far off! | |
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AzDon
Posts : 359
Join date : 2011-08-05
Age : 68
Location : Lake Havasu, AZ
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:54 pm | |
| Like most GM aluminum wheels, they probably have that clearcoat that dries out and gets funky after too much washing with harsh cleaners......The clearcoat can be stripped with acetone, but doing those wheels would be a challenge...... | |
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lamune
Posts : 868
Join date : 2014-05-09
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:58 pm | |
| - AzDon wrote:
- Like most GM aluminum wheels, they probably have that clearcoat that dries out and gets funky after too much washing with harsh cleaners......The clearcoat can be stripped with acetone, but doing those wheels would be a challenge......
It wouldn't be too hard on these- if it ever had the paint on the embossed parts, it's long gone. | |
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Steve Smith
Posts : 392
Join date : 2010-08-04
Age : 69
Location : Trevose, PA ( north of Northeast Philly)
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:13 pm | |
| There is a nice 1994 Caprice LS sedan on ebay right now with those same wheels. Mystery solved. | |
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MalibuSSwagon
Posts : 580
Join date : 2014-01-12
Location : NH
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:42 pm | |
| I didn't know this was a mystery. Those were optional wheels for 91-96 Caprice sedans. | |
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pagroundhog
Posts : 21
Join date : 2015-07-08
Age : 76
Location : Shippensburg, Pa
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:31 pm | |
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jayoldschool
Posts : 2728
Join date : 2009-06-14
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:42 pm | |
| Mom's Florida 1991 has those wheels. The spare is another full size lace aluminum wheel. Never been out of the trunk, it's beautiful. Three more and someone would have a nice set! | |
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bamalongroof
Posts : 761
Join date : 2013-08-23
Age : 71
Location : Huntsville, AL
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:51 pm | |
| Your car looks very nice. | |
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lamune
Posts : 868
Join date : 2014-05-09
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Best car of show! Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:34 am | |
| - bamalongroof wrote:
- Your car looks very nice.
Thanks!  | |
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