1966 Fury - Spare tire rim color

[Fireflite56]

To summarize, I am polling everyone as to what color your spare tire rim is, especially if you have confidence it's original.

I have a super original survivor Fury III I purchased from the original owner. For as original as the car is, the spare tire is an old radial (I have a correct bias ply to replace it with), it had a carpeted tire cover (not original to a '66 Plymouth), and the rim is turquoise, similar to the car. The original owner claims that rim color is original. However, knowing the spare has been used, that he also swapped the four rims on the car to the deep style for the fancier hubcaps, and that the rim is a bit crusty (the car is super clean and was used sparingly in nice weather), I question this and am wondering if that's not even the original rim for the car. I know the fancier cars, like the Chrysler, were usually black, but those also rarely got poverty caps like a Plymouth might.

What do all of your spare tire rims look like? I am just trying to make it right. Thanks for the help!

 

[CBODY67]

Not "Plymouth" per se, but our '66 Newport Town Sedan (which we bought when it was 1 yr old), my '70 Monaco Brougham (which I bought in 1975), and other Chryslers we have had, all unmolested in any way, came with the normal satin black wheels. These were all wheel cover cars. Might have been that cars with OEM as-produced hub caps came with body color wheels? No matter the brand, as base Dodges and Chryslers might still have hubcaps as base standard equipment?

Was a spare tire cover a part of the VIP trim level car? Just curious.

Sems like I remember seeing some "hub cap" C-bodies with body color wheels, back then? Have to further check www.hamtramck-historical.com to see.

Just some thoughts,
CBODY67

 

[Jim 68cuda]

In the 60's, Mopars that came with dog dish hubcaps from the factory had body color rims. if they came from the factory with full wheel covers, the rims were black.

 

[MrMoparCHP]

In the 60's, Mopars that came with dog dish hubcaps from the factory had body color rims. if they came from the factory with full wheel covers, the rims were black.

That included the spare, all 5 wheels were the same color.
Dog-Dish: Body color (if black they were Body (gloss) black)
Full Wheel cover: low gloss black


Alan