I am working on restoring a 53-55 Steering wheel. This is a first for me as I normally only restore 56-62 wheels.
As I understand it 53-55 wheels all look the same as far as the shape and size. However, as I was looking at several 53-55 Corvettes, I saw that sometimes the wheel rim would be painted red while the center is white. On other cars I saw that the rim was white and the center was red? Does it depend on the year? Also, I just wanted to confirm the colors. I know that Polo White is the white. Which Red is correct though? Sportsman Red or Gypsy Red? Is sportsman red for 53 and 54 while Gypsy red if for 55?
I really need to be exact on all this as the wheel will have to be show quality in order for it to be put on a car. I can't stand seeing trashed out steering wheels on $50K+++++ Corvettes.
Thanks for the help.
-Tyson
As I understand it 53-55 wheels all look the same as far as the shape and size. However, as I was looking at several 53-55 Corvettes, I saw that sometimes the wheel rim would be painted red while the center is white. On other cars I saw that the rim was white and the center was red? Does it depend on the year? Also, I just wanted to confirm the colors. I know that Polo White is the white. Which Red is correct though? Sportsman Red or Gypsy Red? Is sportsman red for 53 and 54 while Gypsy red if for 55?
I really need to be exact on all this as the wheel will have to be show quality in order for it to be put on a car. I can't stand seeing trashed out steering wheels on $50K+++++ Corvettes.
Thanks for the help.
-Tyson
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