HDard
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I am painting a set of steelies for my 69 GTX (R6) and wondered if both sides would have been painted from the factory or would have it just been the outside? Thanks for any responses.
Respectfully disagree. Steel wheels delivered to Chrysler by the various vendors (motor works & kelsey hayes) were painted black. if the car was coded to get full wheel covers then the wheels remained black. If the car was coded to get bottle cap hubcaps, then the outer (visible) portion of the wheel was fogged in body color paint. There would be a small amount of overspray that got through the openings, but the backside of the wheels would remain primarily black. the factory would not "waste" paint to paint the rear of the wheel since it was not visible. and if the car was coded for some type of upgraded rally wheel, the spare would be mounted to a plain black steel rim.Completely painted, the only correct way to do it.
CORRECTION! Sorry, guys, had a brain fart when posting this. The wheels are actually the older style that take the larger poverty caps. After examining them, I am pretty sure they are the OEM wheels that came on my all original 64 Fury before I swapped it to the Magnum 500s. Just want to clear up the wrong info in case anyone is interested....I have some 14" x 5-1/2" wheels that were painted black on the outside and a gray color on the inside. They looked to be original and un-repainted. They had been in the trunk of my 64 Fury and 67 Coronet for about 30 years as spares. They both have old bias ply whitewall tires on them. These are 68-later wheels that take the smaller dia. dog dish caps.