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Pondscum · 08-04-2013, 08:05 PM

I'm getting ready to order a new set of steelies so I can have that stock look and was wondering if in 67 there was an option for body color wheels or if they were all one color? the truck is a 67 c10 a blueish green with white cab and bumpers. Also I'm going with 15 x 10 in the back and will 4.5in backspacing work with the stock rear axle in place?https://sphotos-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/h..._6225736_n.jpg

gale · 08-04-2013, 08:17 PM

I don't know if there was an option but I doubt it. I bought a new '67 SWB stepside in bright red but I think I remember the wheels being white. I do know I got tired of red pretty soon and painted the truck yellow with chrome wheels.

My current '67 has aluminum wheels.

My '54 will be painted a very light blue and I bought a quart of a darker blue for the wheels and dashboard/interior trim.

But then I also think about chrome for the '54. At some point it will be too expensive to change my mind.

gale · 08-04-2013, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pondscum

I'm getting ready to order a new set of steelies so I can have that stock look and was wondering if in 67 there was an option for body color wheels or if they were all one color? the truck is a 67 c10 a blueish green with white cab and bumpers. Also I'm going with 15 x 10 in the back and will 4.5in backspacing work with the stock rear axle in place?https://sphotos-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/h..._6225736_n.jpg

If you really want the stock look you need to give up on the wide wheels. The stock wheels were probably 6" wide.

What are you doing with the old wheels? I'd like them for my '54.

Pondscum · 08-04-2013, 08:24 PM

the reason I even questioned them being body color is that the spare wheel is painted to match the body color. I was planning to paint them white and still may I was just wondering. I know they are to wide and won't look completely right but I at least want a vauge resemblance to stock

Pondscum · 08-04-2013, 08:30 PM

if your asking about the truck rallies I will prolly trade them off the originals are long gone unfortunitly

**NC67Chev** · 08-05-2013, 07:35 AM

This topic has been debated many times, but I'm not sure any of us really know. I've been told that that the following rule applies: trucks with a single color had black wheels, whereas two-tone trucks had body color. The only thing I know for sure is that my truck came from the factory with black wheels, which were 5.5" wide and had an approximate backspacing of 3.75".
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cdowns · 08-05-2013, 10:16 AM

with ralley wheels it is impossible to have a stock look cause these trucks never had ralley wheels of and type shape or size

67_C-30 · 08-05-2013, 05:54 PM

I don't know if this is correct, but I really like the way it looks on this '67.

Pondscum · 08-05-2013, 06:07 PM

thanks for the replies with the spare being body color I would have to say that the wheels that it left the factory with were most likely body color. Now if I can just figure out the backspacing for the 10 in wheel, and with all the threads on this forum I should be able to figure this out

08-04-2013, 08:05 PM	#1
Pondscum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Perry Missouri Posts: 72	body color wheels? I'm getting ready to order a new set of steelies so I can have that stock look and was wondering if in 67 there was an option for body color wheels or if they were all one color? the truck is a 67 c10 a blueish green with white cab and bumpers. Also I'm going with 15 x 10 in the back and will 4.5in backspacing work with the stock rear axle in place?https://sphotos-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/h..._6225736_n.jpg

08-04-2013, 08:17 PM	#2
gale Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 310	Re: body color wheels? I don't know if there was an option but I doubt it. I bought a new '67 SWB stepside in bright red but I think I remember the wheels being white. I do know I got tired of red pretty soon and painted the truck yellow with chrome wheels. My current '67 has aluminum wheels. My '54 will be painted a very light blue and I bought a quart of a darker blue for the wheels and dashboard/interior trim. But then I also think about chrome for the '54. At some point it will be too expensive to change my mind.

08-04-2013, 08:24 PM	#4
Pondscum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Perry Missouri Posts: 72	Re: body color wheels? the reason I even questioned them being body color is that the spare wheel is painted to match the body color. I was planning to paint them white and still may I was just wondering. I know they are to wide and won't look completely right but I at least want a vauge resemblance to stock

08-04-2013, 08:30 PM	#5
Pondscum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Perry Missouri Posts: 72	Re: body color wheels? if your asking about the truck rallies I will prolly trade them off the originals are long gone unfortunitly

08-05-2013, 07:35 AM	#6
NC67Chev Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 698	Re: body color wheels? This topic has been debated many times, but I'm not sure any of us really know. I've been told that that the following rule applies: trucks with a single color had black wheels, whereas two-tone trucks had body color. The only thing I know for sure is that my truck came from the factory with black wheels, which were 5.5" wide and had an approximate backspacing of 3.75". Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1967 Chevy C-10, 250 L6, Powerglide, 3.73, SWB, Fleetside Upgrades: Power steering, Offset air cleaner, Rear Sport bumper, 3 point safety belts, HEI, -1/-2 springs, 16x5 wheels, McGaughy's disc brake conversion, Sway bar

08-05-2013, 10:16 AM	#7
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: body color wheels? with ralley wheels it is impossible to have a stock look cause these trucks never had ralley wheels of and type shape or size __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

08-05-2013, 05:54 PM	#8
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: body color wheels? I don't know if this is correct, but I really like the way it looks on this '67. __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

08-05-2013, 06:07 PM	#9
Pondscum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Perry Missouri Posts: 72	Re: body color wheels? thanks for the replies with the spare being body color I would have to say that the wheels that it left the factory with were most likely body color. Now if I can just figure out the backspacing for the 10 in wheel, and with all the threads on this forum I should be able to figure this out



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