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The African safari 350. Decaled up to look like a Zebra.  Roof rack with a spare tire on the roof. Steel wheels with snow tires on all 4 corners.  My favorite since my company is Zebra Stripes.
Dz

Quote from: 6T6/7 on March 26, 2024, 06:32:36 PM
Dave,
Could you elaborate a bit about how you made your stencils?
Thanks!

So I own a company that does pinstriping, graphics, vehicle wraps, corporate advertising etc. I used masking tape over the opening and did a pencil rubbing, I scan that to my sign software and draw a vector pattern over that. I then cut a pattern in paint mask vinyl. I brought 3 of my wheels in and go back and forth making test fits and adjustments in the vector pattern to find the right balance of one or 2 patterns that fit the openings as best as possible. Probably went through 8 or 10 test fittings until I was happy. There are some consistent inconsistencies in how the centers were stamped out but there are some slight variations from wheel to wheel. We're talking 1/32 to 1/64 of an inch.
dz

I don't know about the black but am confident this set was a satin / close to a semigloss when new on both sides
Dave

Thank you

satin black

Since there aren't any good stencils I spent a few hours and made my own. Each stencil goes around each lug pocket in one piece so no starting and stopping of tape lines. I used a satin black for the inserts

paint pics

Got around to restoring a set of 795 marked painted 14x6 magnums.
Media blasted the face and inside and left the original paint alone on the inner rim.
Since paint codes are difficult to find I took a wheel in to a paint supplier and they have books of  PPG chips catalogued as wheel colors. I picked the closest one to the paint on the inside of the rim and did them in base clear with the clear being  a satin finish to match the paint on the inside of the rim

I was also using this to backup what you had said in this former thread about the paint being semi gloss.
https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=1557.msg13189#msg13189
Many have seen the wheels in a flat finish you had mentioned a semi gloss finish. I think I have examples of both. Probably produced at different periods of time.
And 2 different shades of grey

the old paint one marked 36047 has the backspacing of 3.5" meaning the center section was welded slightly more towards the outboard edge of the rim so the razor blade does not go as deep in the channel. The clean rim 795 sits at the same depth as yours with a backspacing of 3 5/16. From other threads these are both correct markings (part numbers) for the rims as well as backspacing within acceptable variances.

Here's your original manual
Vintage Original 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 350/500 Factory Owners Manual Automobile | eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335246425646

Might be a camera angle thing

I saved these at a bigger size to see better

Here is a side by side comparison between the 39047 and 795
I'm restoring the 795 set and will share the paint I used and details

here is a better picture of the inner rim 795 wheel showing the gloss to the paint
When I blasted these there does not appear to be any primer underneath