My 97 XJ6L Jag has a standing hood ornament---a Leaper
Jaguar----so---------how did they manage to keep adding them? Maybe it is
not "rigid stand-erect"---whatever that is.
Regards
Tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Dave Murphy <roadwarriordave@hotmail.com>
> To: <alan@andysnet.net>; <GSFuqua1@aol.com>
> Cc: <Awgertoo@aol.com>; <dwflagg@juno.com>; <sbyers@ec.rr.com>;
<healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 12/12/05 7:23:37 PM
> Subject: Spinners
>
> I distictly recall spinners were outlawed on new cars due to the
perceived
> danger they posed to pedestrians.
>
> The same legislation also eliminated fake spinners on wheel covers and
rigid
> stand-erect hood ornaments. None of these could not be sold after January
> 1st 1968. A lot of the '67 cars have the rigid ornaments (e.g. Plymouth
Fury
> and Lincoln) but none of the '68 cars did (-Rolls Royce may be the sole
> hardship case exception.) Spring loaded installations (like Mercedes had
> used for years) allowed erect hood ornaments to return on some 1969's.
But
> we haven't seen a new spinner wheel cover or knock-off spinner since 1967.
> BMC's introduction of the big hex-nuts in mid '67 was probably just in
> anticipating or in keeping-up with the elimination of spinner wheel
covers
> on the US-built cars in September '67 for the new '68 cars.
> -Dave Murphy
> 66 BJ8
> SEMAHC
>
>
> >From: Alan Schultz <alan@andysnet.net>
> >Reply-To: Alan Schultz <alan@andysnet.net>
> >To: GSFuqua1@aol.com
> >CC: Awgertoo@aol.com, dwflagg@juno.com, sbyers@ec.rr.com,
> >healeys@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: An interesting question
> >Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:29:52 -0600
> >
> >OK. How's this thought. Spinners may have come in contact with concrete
> >curbing on city streets. The results? Maybe the spinners came loose from
> >this contact? Anyone dare guess the result?
> >
> >Alan Schultz
> >HBJ8
> >
> >GSFuqua1@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >>Well, it seems we have the date, person and car reasonably pinned down
but
> >>the reason for the change from eared spinners didn't happen until 1967.
I
> >>believe we have the DOT to thank for that change but in reality it
> >>probably came about more from the Corvette and American Marques than
the
> >>British Marques. The difference being that the spinners on Corvettes
> >>required a small pin to be inserted to keep them from coming off. As
most
> >>know the British wheels are set up to actually tighten when driven.
Not
> >>so for the American models.
> >> Cheers,
> >> Gary Fuqua
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