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Old 07-16-2025, 05:24 PM
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quote. "My shipper has Special Paint on it"

That meant, anything that wasn't the norm....Joe
Since Fathom Blue was discontinued in January 1968, it was only available as Special order. LOS cowl tags still used the old codes, so my tag is PAINT E-E
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I never knew this, I don't see anything in google about the wheels being available in body color, no RPO either. How is this verified? My shipper has Special Paint on it, but nothing about the wheel paint.
It doesn't show on a shipper but if you have a Body Broadcast Copy it will show in box 109 what the color of the wheel was from the factory. X would be for standard silver paint but the attached example shows A for Tuxedo Black and this was on a black '67 Z.
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I have a 69 Z that had the original spare seperated from the car several years ago on ebay. Before I owned the car. I would do about anything to have that spare back in the car. Tire looked like it had never been on the road. I would never put it on and it would be like candy for the trunk to me. I do know where the spare went but will never get a chance to put it back in the car
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I would paint your other wheels Fathom Blue as that is probably how the car came. Cool !
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I would paint your other wheels Fathom Blue as that is probably how the car came. Cool !
The photo of the backside of the wheel shows what appears to be argent overspray.

Clean it up and get a better pic.
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The photo of the backside of the wheel shows what appears to be argent overspray.

Clean it up and get a better pic.
I don't see any Argent, even in sunlight. The inside rim edge is also Blue, hard to do with the tire on the wheel, but not impossible.

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I would paint your other wheels Fathom Blue as that is probably how the car came. Cool !
Charley I would certainly do that if that's the way it came!
The other 4 wheels on the car were painted black at some point, I rubbed through the layers and started black, then primer or silver, then blue, then bare metal. I would think black primer would be under the blue, maybe I rubbed right through it.

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Charley I would certainly do that if that's the way it came!
The other 4 wheels on the car were painted black at some point, I rubbed through the layers and started black, then primer or silver, then blue, then bare metal. I would think black primer would be under the blue, maybe I rubbed right through it.

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Coming back to the order. The rallys were painted (dipped IIRC) black and then sprayed silver.
If the wheels were painted body color, then they should have black under the blue.
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Any chance of posting a car pic? Thanks
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The car was painted silver a long time ago, but not a very complete color change, plenty of Fathom Blue around door panels, trunk edge, etc. so easy to fix. So the wheels were probably painted black at that time, I guess. The cowl was painted black over the white on top, but white still shows in some areas.

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