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Old 11-06-2019, 07:16 PM   #4
alt63bird
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Default Re: Color of steering column and wheel on 55 Ford

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Originally Posted by steve fritz View Post
When did Ford paint the steering column to match the interior color of the dash as opposed to basic black? Would a 55 Customline 2 door wagon , 59B , have the column and wheel matching the color of the dash?
Steve
Fairlane (top-of-the-line of the 3 series) was color-keyed to the lower color of the dash. Well, at least the white lower color of the dash in my Victoria carried through to the column and steering wheel. Customline (mid-price range) apparently used black wheel/column, and the Mainline (bottom-of-the-barrel model line) would have been one-color-fits-all, i.e. black. But, as Kultulz notes, check the paint charts to verify.
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Last edited by alt63bird; 11-08-2019 at 05:55 PM. Reason: Color of Customline wheel/column
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