Does anyone know which interior colors had the center shroud painted black on the center and top?
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James, that's a very good question and one that I can't seem to find an answer to. I've seen the black accents on all five of the 1968 N30 wheel colors however, I've also seen all these same colors without the black accents. The colors available were:

Black (came with black accents only)
Blue
Red
Gold
Turquoise

I'm not sure what the story is on this.

Ed

I figured you would know since you are doing the CRG steering wheel report.
I have been collecting pictures of the 68 N30 wheel from very original cars and have found the same thing.
From the small data base I have, gold, red, and turquoise are frequently two tone, and blue is 50%.
Doesn't seem to have a rhyme or reason.

Well, I decided to do more detective work and after a couple of hours looking at the database pictures, it appears the black accents was applied to the early cars and later cars didn't get the accents. It looks like late February, 1968 was the changeover date.

I found two exceptions to this "rule" and they're both Z87 deluxe interior cars built at the Norwood plant. I have a 10D and an 11E car without the black accents. However, both of these cars appear to be modified with questionable originality to them.

I also have a "mix and match" during the weeks of 02D and 02E, so it appears that the change over probably occurred during this two week time frame with both wheels being used simultaniously.

So, mystery solved?

I welcome comments, especially from people with original cars that DON'T match the above criteria.

Ed

my red wheel has the black two tone. My car was built last week of Dec. 1967

An early/late split makes sense to me.
That would mean that dealer brochures would be early and show two tone wheels.
Anyone have 68 dealer brochures?

That would mean that dealer brochures would be early and show two tone wheels.

Yup. Like this.

(From the 68 Dealer Brochure)

Ed

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