I have been looking around for stock looking trucks with original steel wheels, and started to think about what choices there where back in the fifties.

Where they only available in off white (or what itīs called) or did they came in other colors as well, maybe white, black, red etc

I have seen a bunch of pictures with red steel wheels but I have fallen a bit in love with the off white ones with black Bias. Like the one Bigwin56f100 has on his beauty, but I also saw one that had black wheels and wide whitewalls, that was also nice.

But as I said what where the original stock options on the steel wheels, if any.

Thanks for all the feedback in advance

 

During the Korean War (1950/53), white wall tires were hard to obtain, so automakers painted the wheels red to "dress 'em up."

This mainly applied to Passenger Cars, as F1/F100's were usually not equipped with white wall tires from the factory.

 

Thanks Numberdummy

That kind of historical information is always fun to know, I really appreciate it.

Do you know what colors the steel wheels for the, 53-56 F100, was available ?

Thanks in advance

 

Some years were body color but the 56's were colonial white for F100's. All other models in 56 had black rims, unless it had a DSO

 

By "all other models" you mean the larger models ?

DSO ?? what does that stand for? Special order?

 

Yes F250 and larger had black rims. DSO is Domestic Special Order. For example my F600 rollback had a DSO and my rims were red and so was my FRAME! it was a fire truck and it was ordered that way

 

53 and 54 F100's had rims that were body color. 55 and 56 F100's rims were Colonial White, same as the grille. Colonial white was used also as the two-tone option. F250 and up had black wheels in all years.

 

Now thats COOL!!!

 

The two tone option? is that when the roof and sorund the rear window was white also?

 

YES roof top and the body line around the rear window

 

My 56 250 had wheels the same color as the blue on the body. (Canadian truck)

 

here is a factory photo and it has a white top
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Ford-Dealership-in-Lynden-WV-8-x-10-Night-Photo-Photograph-/111310994981?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19eaa6fe25