burdar wrote:The most plausable explination for the body colored wheels is that the pictures are from pre-production models. You did say that the pictures were from 69 so that is very possible.
Also, in the pic of the Challenger, the 3 spokes in the wheel should be red on a red interior car. The picture shows them black. My guess is that those are press reliece photos of very early cars. The factory was probably still deciding what WAS and WAS NOT going to go on the production vehicles.
That is about what I believe myself. To alter a pic nowadays is an easy task (If you got the knowledge). Back in those days, it must have been far more time consuming. If they wanted colour matched steering wheels, then it feels like it would have been the simplest solution to just add some paint direct from the start.
If they have altered the pic´s afterward, then they have done a very good job. You can even see the sun glanse (on the steering wheel) at the correct area.