Re: [Chrysler300] 1957 Chrysler 300 steering wheels

[JettLarry@xxxxxxx]

I bought a NOS wheel for my 300F years ago from George Cone.  It had  been 
in its box all its life.  The factory applied beige coloring had  turned a 
sort of greenish tinge that could not have been the shade it was born  in.  
This color shift had taken 29 years but I elected to have the beige  color 
overpainted in the same shade as the dash.  The paint still matches  the dash 
22 years later----a better record than the factory finish.
 
 
In a message dated 6/14/2009 3:02:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
georgelaurie@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Hello  all, I am presently working on the mould for full re-casts of the 57 
Chrysler  300 steering wheel, these will be on original steel cores, 
exchange basis  mostly.
Ok so what I am trying to sort out is the actual real original  colour ( 
yes I know I spell colour funny )  This is the top section we  are talking 
about, no problem with the Black main body of the wheel.
I have  stripped 3 wheels and cut sections of what was left of the original 
material,  I then sand and polish a cross section and each time I get a 
differant colour.  Since this material was so sun affected there is a differant 
colour for each  wheel depending on how much sun ( UV ) has penitrated each 
wheel.
I have a  Desoto wheel here ( same wheel ) and apart from the main body 
being brown I am  sure it used the exact same top section colour. When I 
section it and sand  polish I come up with a dirty white, really a light Grey that 
I belive is the  correct original colour because this wheel was in fairly 
good condition and  the UV rays do not seem to have discououred it further 
than the top  surface.
Doe anyone have a NOS wheel out there to confirm this?  any  one who has 
any knowlage of the exact real colour out there?  I want to  be able to make 
them correctly and any help would be great.
Now apart from  what is correct original we also have to deal with what you 
guys ( and girls  )  percive to be the correct colour, that is to say I 
want to make you my  customers happy, so it will be no good me finding the 
correct colour and  making them that way if you belive it is not correct and 
don't want to buy  them, so I am woundering what colour you WANT them to be so 
they are saleable?  what colour do you belive they should be and will be 
happy with? looking  forward to hearing what you think, regards George.


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