Steel Wheel Color

[buick195646r]

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Fellow Buick Enthusiests:
I have noticed Mid-Fifty's Buicks with either Black or Red Steel Wheels. Was this a Factory Option? or where the rims painted the same color as the car? Black is basically Black. Does anyone Know what color Red was used?

[thepartsman]

1956

If your talking about 1956, 2 reds were used.
(1) Claret Red..paint #G162-14694
(2) Seminole Red..paint #G94-58785

1955 and 1957 are different. If you need the codes let me know.

David

[Hunter]

What about the 58 specials. What color should they be???

[thepartsman]

What color 58 Special?
There was 20 different colors in 1958.

[Hunter]

Then should they be the color of the car?

[thepartsman]

Good question........
I would say yes depending if the option came on the vehicle.
Otherwise the "optional" wheel color for all 1958 was
Seminole Red code #G94-58785.
Also, the "optional" wheel color was different for each year.

[buick195646r]

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