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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Originality => Topic started by: lemarin on February 07, 2016, 07:16:00 PM
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I have found a set of FC coded 14x6 wheel, for my 69 RS, Daytona Yellow, together with a set of P01 full cover wheel cap. Now I'm wondering what color should be the rim ? Black or the color of my car, Daytona Yellow ? With Poverty cap, I know the wheels are the same color of the car, is it the same with the P01 option ?
By looking at this picture, we clearly see the green wheel, behind the hub cap:
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/lemarin13/1969-chevrolet-camaro-rs_zpsheorsozk.jpg) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/lemarin13/media/1969-chevrolet-camaro-rs_zpsheorsozk.jpg.html)
On those following picture, it's hard to see but I don't think that the wheel is painted yellow....behind the hubcap.
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/lemarin13/37_1969camaro_04_low_res_zpsywkbxht7.jpeg) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/lemarin13/media/37_1969camaro_04_low_res_zpsywkbxht7.jpeg.html)
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/lemarin13/pic_69RS_zpsouq8bqfq.jpg) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/lemarin13/media/pic_69RS_zpsouq8bqfq.jpg.html)
If it's suppose to be black, what code of black is it ? My mechanics has found a gloss black (not fully gloss, just between flat and gloss) for the cowl wall and the engine bay, is it the same black ?
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Not scolding you, just pointing something out. All the photos you posted are Chevy marketing photos; those are virtually never production cars.
A car built with any of the optional wheel covers would have been configured with black wheels. Wheels were painted with gloss enamel.
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I understand your point, but don'T understand why the chevy display car would be different from the productions car ? Anyway ways, it's hard to find original pictures from production car...everybody is swapping the wheels these days, either for Rally wheels or aftermarket wheels...
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Back in the day they needed to have print and TV photography completed months in advance to be ready by intro day. The cars used are pilot units hand-built months prior to production start-up. Details that were later changed are sometimes corrected by editing the photos.
The practice continues to this day. A recent Car & Driver ad for a Nissan has "Pre-production model shown..." in the fine print at the bottom of the page.
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They could use production vehicles for mid-year ads. But to highlight different features, the components on the cars would be changed.
Lots of 'photoshopping' occurred for the same reason.