<VV> wheel color/ GM's answer

[John Howell]

I have a White `60 Monza Coupe that is completely stock, nothing has 
been changed. It was owned by a lady that had it since new, when she had 
transmission trouble she parked it in her basement garage and it sat 
there for 42 years until her son told her to sell it to me.  It has a 
solid White painted body but has Black painted wheels with the full  
Monza wheel covers.
I saw a White `60 Monza Coupe from the Sloan Museum that was on display 
at the 2005 Springfest in Helen, GA and it had Black painted wheels, so 
all `60 Corvairs may not have the wheels painted body color.  The `60 
Corvair Monza sales brochure has a Red body and a White body with black 
wheels, two others are hard to tell.

John Howell
Knoxville Area Corvair Club


On 5/31/2013 2:11 PM, corvairduval at cox.net wrote:
> OK, I had to do more research on the GM site, but I have the answer, and it
> matches Ed's findings.
>
> http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits
> .html
>
> Go to the various Corvair years and look under exterior paint
> specifications.
>
> For 60 and 61, the wheels were body color (color of the lower two tone if
> applicable).
>
> For 1962, they started an oddity:
>
> All Corvairs (and full sized Chevys) got body colored wheels, unless, they
> were ordered with full wheel covers AND whitewall tires!
>
> So, the 64 Spyder came with Spyder full wheel covers as standard, and if
> ordered (as shown in the brochure) with whitewall tires, the wheels would
> be black.
>
> If one ordered the 64 Impala SS (always came with full wheelcovers) and
> blckwall tires, the wheels would still be body color.
>
> I guess the Art and Color section decided the cars with blackwalls needed
> something to spruce up the wheels, so they made the wheels body color. If
> there was already whitewall tires, then the extra splash of body color was
> not needed, so the wheels were black.
>
> Confused? Well, at lest the matter is settled!
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Of course the matter will still be discussed LOL!
>
> Original email:
> -----------------
> From:  ebittman at tampabay.rr.com
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 17:55:50 +0000
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> wheel color
>
>
> I have two showroom posters.One shows a Roman Red 61 "700" with wide whites
> and red wheels.The other shows a 64 Spyder in red with full caps,thin
> whites and black wheels along with a beige coupe the same way.I know there
> is a lot of leeway with advertising posters.Ed in fla
>
>
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