Re: [Chrysler300] That's a wheel of a different color

[lettercars@xxxxxxx]

Rich and All:  The "beige" instrument panel colors are not that  
straightforward.  This is what I found:
 
C300:  Saddle Beige, Ditzler (PPG) # 21181
300B:  Sand Dune Beige, Ditzler # 21185
300C:  Desert Beige, #21281  (Also an exterior color for  1957)
300D, 300E, and 300F:  Saddle Beige, #21181
 
Kind of went full circle, didn't it? 
 
I am sure there no longer exists any plastic color master for the  beige 
portion of the 300C steering wheel.   However I think  it can be assumed that 
Chrysler's intent was to match the beige  colored components inside the car, 
and I would think the best way to do that  would be to match the Desert 
Beige I/P color.  As has been previously  mentioned, even protected NOS wheels 
have shown the effects of time on the  plastic color, and so cannot be 
relied on as masters.
300ly, Gil C.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/15/2009 1:33:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
c300@xxxxxxx writes:

Our '55  C-300 has a mostly black steering wheel with two short, tan/beige,
knurled  sections.  This color scheme matches the black and tan dash and  
the
black carpet and tan leather interior trim colors.  The black all  matches,
of course, and the three tans vary slightly in color.

Other  '55 Chrysler models had widely varying interior colors and  Chrysler
furnished widely varying two-tone colored steering wheels to  match.  It
appears the colors were imbedded in the vinyl (?) material  of the steering
wheels.  We're fortunate in that all the 300's had the  same interior 
colors,
and even more so that they are classy colors that go  well with a Platinum,
Tango Red or Black car.

It might be helpful to  repeat the name and paint color code for the tan
portion of the '57 dashes  and have DeSoto George shoot for that color for
'57 wheels.  It would  be helpful to me to know the '55 tan dash color and
whether it is different  than the '57.

By the way, I've just had two bat/delta wings and my  rocker arm covers
refinished in 1972-74 Mercedes Benz Byzantine Gold,  doctored up with some
additional yellow tint to reduce the reddish tone  somewhat.  They were
clear-coated with a slightly matted topcoat to  reduce the wet look.  They
look fabulous and "correct".  Paint  specs and photos available on request.

C-300'ly,
Rich  Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 Chrysler C-300 (Off spec., non-Pt white,  black, tan, Byzantine Gold)

-----Original Message-----
From:  Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf  Of James
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:39 PM
To:  Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] Re: 1957 Chrysler 300  steering wheels

I have a NOS still in the box for my 59, it has turned  almost a Harvest 
gold
color.  My original after baking many years in  the AZ  sun still matches 
the
tan dash in the car but is full of  cracks.
--- In Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, JettLarry@...  wrote:
>
> 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@... 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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