RE: [Chrysler300] 1957 Chrysler 300 steering wheels

["Henry Schleimer" <henry.schleimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello George

 

I have a 300C in Brisbane but I have two all black wheels.   I may be
interested in a re-cast depending on price.  I have some interior paint on
the column shroud etc that has not been exposed to light if that helps but I
haven't had it colour matched yet.  Otherwise, someone may have the paint
code.  As I am just "down the road", contact me if I you think this helps.

 

Henry

 

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of JettLarry@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 15 June 2009 5:11 AM
To: georgelaurie@xxxxxxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1957 Chrysler 300 steering wheels

 






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 <mailto:georgelaurie%40bigpond.com>  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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