Correct Steering Shaft Color 69 Charger

[robl72]

I asked this question on another post concerning the correct color for the Steering Shaft for my 69 Hamtramck built charger (11/27/1968). Had some responses that cars built at Lynch Road or St Louis could either be left bare natural steel or dipped in black paint.

Does anyone have feed back either way on their 69 Chargers from Hamtramck. Were they always bare or did some Chargers have bare steering shafts and some painted.

Sorry for asking again on this but after an exhaustive web search I could not find a specific answers for Chargers.

Thank you!

 

[davek]

All I can say is both my 70 charger and Bee were bare metal,no paint.

 

[Runner 68]

I just polished the bare steel then clear coated it.

 

[Aron Gleason]

I just polished the bare steel then clear coated it.

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What did you use to polish the column shaft?

 

[Runner 68]

Elbow grease.

Tripoli compound then white rouge on a buffing wheel. The column was apart.

Mythbusters proved you can polish a turd. 12 years in the USMC also proved to me anything can be polished.

 

[Aron Gleason]

Elbow grease.

Tripoli compound then white rouge on a buffing wheel. The column was apart.

Mythbusters proved you can polish a turd. 12 years in the USMC also proved to me anything can be polished.

Oh nice. Thank you for your service.