A look back at color-matched wheels and wheel covers. A design feature worthy of a comeback…

1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme rallye wheel

1969 Oldsmobile painted wheel

Oldsmobile was one of the first major manufacturers to begin using color matching on styled steel wheels in the late 1960s. This wheel design proved so popular it ran unchanged on various models through 1988. (Shown, a wheel from a 1969 Cutlass Supreme.)

Photo: C. DeMarco

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