Hubcap instead of rally wheel

davepl · Poncho Master!

Hubcap instead of rally wheel

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

They actually look cool with the redlines.

beaucarlo · Guru

looks cool.....easy to change the "look" if you get bored with the rallys

davepl · Poncho Master!

I like that everything is black and red - the car is black, the emblems are all red, the pinstripe on the tires is red, and the caliper you can't see is red! Even the PMD logo for the hubcaps is red.

-- Edited by davepl on Monday 29th of February 2016 08:22:34 PM

beaucarlo · Guru

you might like what I did with my rallys pontiac or ford 001.jpg

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

davepl wrote:
I don't think I'd go with the look permanently, though they fit nicely over the center caps still in place! Grabbed this set of pristine NOS hubcaps, tried them on for size.

Why not run both sets? not hard to unbolt and bolt

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

The red lines are very subtle and fit in with the concentric circles in the caps.

davepl · Poncho Master!

When built 95% of these cars had these, now 95% probably have rally wheels! That's why I loved the blue Laurentian that's on the other thread, it's restored to "as in the day" status. I guess as long as we've got both represented here, it's all good.

ABC123 · Uber Guru

My 69 Parisienne was ordered "de-optioned" for a lottery draw

Dog dish as the original caps and I assume black wall tires,

aug 19 13 150 a.jpg

Period trim rings add something,

aug 19 13 243a.jpg

I went with 14x7 Rally II wheels painted a high gloss GM Grey,

November 23 14 121a.jpg

In the future I plan to go with the original dog dish caps with original factory red rims, repainted.

original wheel.jpg

Imagine this wheel with those beautiful Red Lines.

As you already know, go with what you like and you will do just fine !

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

ABC123 wrote:

Love the wheels in this picture maybe you can get a big screen TV in Black and White

davepl · Poncho Master!

I had a green Parisienne that had the chrome strip along the bottom between the doors just like the red convertible above; my Laurentian did not have it.

When did cars received that piece? All Parisiennes except the 2+2? No chrome piece on the 2+2? What about the Grande Parisienne, wasn't it a more elaborate piece on it?

Anyone who knows, please fill me in!

-- Edited by davepl on Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 01:07:36 PM

ABC123 · Uber Guru

I think the chrome strip was only on Parisienne.

Found this pic,

The Grande Parisienne had a cast alloy strip that was the same design as the Bonneville,

My 69 Grande from an 1984 pictures,

my 1969 Grande.jpg

Now those are 14x10 Cragars with the badly pitted centres painted black biggrin

My Grande also had screw on stainless steel trim on the door lip and on the trunk lid and extra trim around the taillights.

-- Edited by ABC123 on Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 07:52:47 PM

ABC123 · Uber Guru

427carl wrote:

Love the wheels in this picture maybe you can get a big screen TV in Black and White

I did originally plan to do the dark grey on the wheel but I have never got there hmm

davepl · Poncho Master!

My Laurentian had door edge guards, so those were available serparately. The trunk trim was GP only.

BTW, if you guys call the Grande Parisienne a GP, what do you call the Grand Prix?

ABC123 · Uber Guru

"what do you call the Grand Prix? "

American biggrin ,

I think the term is used loosely because of the oversized G and P used on the cars.

But please correct me folks !

I have always referred to these cars as "GRANDE"

(It's a 67 Grande)

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

It's like SD

-Super Duty

-Sport Deluxe

-Sedan Delivery

confuse

davepl · Poncho Master!

Oddly I say the GP as the "Grand Parisienne" like the French whereas my Sierra Grande I call a "Sierra Grand-ay" like the Spanish. Same word, same company.