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79vert
11-18-07, 11:01 AM
hoping someone could enlighten me. i was under the impression that there were two factory options for upgraded wheels/covers in 79. first was standard wheels w/ wire hubcaps and the other was real wire wheels. i'm wondering if this is true and if there are any pictures out there of what they look like. i found this ad:

http://cadillacworld.homestead.com/CadillacKelseyHayesWheelsforsale.html

is this what they look like?

pretty costly,
joe

Wheelman322
11-18-07, 03:10 PM
Wire wheels were available through Cadillac in 1979, but those aren't them. They looked like this....
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e201/wheelman322/78CadillacFleetwood2006-11-114-1.jpg

79vert
11-18-07, 07:59 PM
very interesting. does anyone reproduce these?

Benzilla
11-18-07, 08:04 PM
No, not yet. But you can find nice originals on eBay most of the time.

My_favorite_Brougham
11-18-07, 10:41 PM
Yeah the one's on that site are third party. They look a little too vintage for these cars, IMO. Hence the 50's cars, etc.