17" Corvette orange steering wheel. What year is it?
02-23-2017, 06:32 PM
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02-23-2017, 06:34 PM
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02-23-2017, 07:15 PM
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Most people would probably venetion red 56 and 57 wheels orange.
02-23-2017, 08:07 PM
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You might be right. Having spent my life in the car business this one just didn't seem right. Everything I researched didn't show orange as a color. I will take a picture tomorrow when the light is better, thanks for everyone's help.
02-23-2017, 09:30 PM
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The 56-57 Venetian Red really was more orange than red. When I had my 56 painted (as best as we could tell, it was originally Venetian Red), the Venetian red was just too orange for my taste, so we went with 69-70 Monza Red.
This is my 56 (with hardtop) next to a friend's Venetian Red 57.
This is my 56 (with hardtop) next to a friend's Venetian Red 57.
02-24-2017, 02:23 AM
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I've noticed over the years that the early C1 red original wheels got bleached by the sun to an orange tone. Probably what you have there.....
02-24-2017, 02:51 PM
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The 56-57 Venetian Red really was more orange than red. When I had my 56 painted (as best as we could tell, it was originally Venetian Red), the Venetian red was just too orange for my taste, so we went with 69-70 Monza Red.
This is my 56 (with hardtop) next to a friend's Venetian Red 57.
This is my 56 (with hardtop) next to a friend's Venetian Red 57.
I will post a picture but just wanted to say thanks again to everyone's help.
Here is the 17" steering wheel in question.