Re: Hub Cap CLOISSONE

Posted by Tim Cole On 2015/10/19 15:52:37

If this stuff is around and is legitimate then that's great for the books that say it could be had. However, just because you could buy a purple suede interior with shag rugs and bangles hanging from the headliner doesn't mean every car should have that. It seems that every exception is becoming the rule to the point where these cars are unrecognizable. I don't understand why everybody is trying to restyle Packards.

The Twelve I saw with black medallions was so long ago, they could have been painted over. Those old lead based enamels would stick to anything.

I've never seen a bone stock original car with anything other than standard hubcaps. I went through all my pictures of poorly stored barn cars and they all have standard hubcaps (and plated radiators). If somebody has the first edition (1964) of automobile quarterly there is a color picture of Paul Lamb's Original 34 in it. I used to have it but I lost a few boxes of things in a move so I can't look to see what hubcaps are on it. I don't remember them being special either.

Another caveat is that some of those old photos are press photos and the cars may be props. In Hollywood photos were always being retouched. Somewhere there has to be a document specifying these options. I don't see it in the data books. Turnquist really only talked about the color of the hexagon and said it was available for 35-38. He also says it was a common option on the eights. That's baloney in my opinion.

Advertisements are not reliable. Here in Detroit I see cars used for advertising that are prototypes and don't match the finished goods.

And heck, one of the cars that passed through here ended up on Jay Leno's garage. How do I know? It had prototype trim which was better looking in my opinion than the final product.