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I have read that wire wheels were an option for the 1955-1956 Packard Caribbean. Is this true... Yes, chrome wire wheels were an option for the Caribbeans. They were also available as a dealer accessory. Go this way to expand on. Special thanks to Brian Harpst (BH) for all his research work for this content. This source claims to know that wire wheels came $325. Quote: ...are they different than the wire hubcaps... Below attached is a pic of a so-called wire wheel trim ring. These kind of rings were nothing more than decorative screens and available as accessory. Attach file:  (11.25 KB)
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The story of ZIS-110, ZIS-115, ZIL-111 & Chaika GAZ-13 on www.guscha.de
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Go this way to get an impression of the (already assumed) difference. Look and price will exemplify the disparity.
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Thank you very much. From Guscha's link I see that the Chrome Wire Wheels were indeed an option for the Four Hundred aswell.
Are the repro wheels exact replicas of the original ones?
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I don't know if exact but remember that once we talked about the best reproduction.
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You will probably like this pic of a 1955 Packard 400. Click to enlarge.
 [picture source: wikipedia]
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I have seen that picture when googling and it's the best picture of a Four Hundred with the wire wheels. I'm still wondering if those are the repro wheels or original?
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Not sure about best but this is BEST OTHER Randy Bergers 400 which has wire wheels as do his other two Packards
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They look even better on a Patrician......
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Thank you for nice pictures! And keep them coming! ;)
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Offtopic: May I ask what are the colors in that Patrician? Mine are Ultramarine Blue and Moonstone White. I'm wondering if that's Ultramarine Blue or some of the other blue tones.
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