Redoing my 67 Malibu from blue cloth interior to black vinyl (And the exterior, Black) anyway my idea is to upholster the front buckets in white and rear seats white also with everything else black Carpet, door panels, ect.

Now the kicker, My wife is having a bird about this. I want to paint the original steering wheel white. I think it would be cool for the contrast plus I have cragers for wheels and a polished scoop sticking out of the hood too. :p Or should I go triple black?

I've always been a fan of a tripple black '67! :thumbsup:

Nothing wrong with a white interior but I would think a white wheel would be very hard to keep clean. Also if I were going to do white I would go full blown white ( door panels etc.) On the other hand triple black is sweet.

Redoing my 67 Malibu from blue cloth interior to black vinyl (And the exterior, Black) anyway my idea is to upholster the front buckets in white and rear seats white also with everything else black Carpet, door panels, ect.

Now the kicker, My wife is having a bird about this. I want to paint the original steering wheel white. I think it would be cool for the contrast plus I have cragers for wheels and a polished scoop sticking out of the hood too. :p Or should I go triple black?

Step back and look at it like this, you walk by a car everything in the car is black, OK all stock car at a show
Now you walk by a car and only the seats and steering wheel are white everything else is black inside and outside the car. OK the guy who owns the car got new seats and didn't get the rest of the interior yet.

Solution have your interior done, get the center panels and accents done in white looking subtle. Real custom work should look like it came that way from the factory as an option. Just making it stick out like it doesn't belong for contrast will look cheaper in the long run. IMHO

blue interior looks better with black exterior. I hate black interior cars in the summer

Black vinyl interior in a Black on Black Chevelle on a hot Wisconsin Summer Day - Does not sound like a fun place to be.
If you've got great A/C & effective window tint, along with some nice towels for the hot seats when you first get in, well OK I guess.
Give me a White interior any summer day!

Dan

LOL yeah thats what I'm kinda sorta getting away from the hot sun on a hot humid Wisconsin summer day.. White seats would help. Thanks for the advice! Daveseitz good analogy there!:D Thinkin now black wheel, white seats and door panels with black carpet and dash and seat shells black with the chrome trim, Hows that?

if it were me, i would limit the contrast to inserts on the seats and doors - as you can kind of see in this pic that i found online:

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4779/161/24445080008_large.jpg

if it were me, i would limit the contrast to inserts on the seats and doors - as you can kind of see in this pic that i found online:

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4779/161/24445080008_large.jpg

That is contrast, it shows it is not stock but it has a style that blends from front to back. Everything looks good together in the entire package when doen that way, beautiful job on that BTW.

Real custom work should look like it came that way from the factory as an option. Just making it stick out like it doesn't belong for contrast will look cheaper in the long run. IMHO

I agree. I chose some subtle custom touches on my '66 convert
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/medium/Interior13.JPG
such as ALL White door panels ( original "White" interiors had black on the bottom of the door panels), but I used "correct" reproduction pieces, But I was also using Blue carpet, so the black at the bottom would have looked bad... I also did the console and kick panels in matching "White".

Can't see it in the pictures, but my seat backs are also "White"...

BUT, mine looked like it came from the factory as an option ( IMO), just the colors were not officially available together.

Look at this page, and scroll down... For 1966, the "white" interior used White seat backs/bottoms...

http://www.chevellestuff.com/1966/chevelle/interiors/interior_bucket.htm

I had PUI build (ordered through Hinshaws) the ALL white door panels (no additional charge, just had to wait 2-3 weeks). This was years ago.

I recently contacted PUI about a similar "custom" change. I am also getting new seat covers for my '70, but done in '71/'72 "White", and again, IIRC, no extra charge from PUI... Just order the year pattern I need, and specify the color code I choose (even though it wasn't available originally)...

Lengendary will do the same, but there's an extra charge...

I think a Black '67 with White seats, door panels would look great...



As for the Steering wheel, you could paint it with regular automotive paint, and it should be durable...

Unfamiliar with the '67 wheel, but the '66 wheel has 4 metal rings that are perfect for breakign the color into a two-toned pattern on the rim (White/Black)...

All White steering wheel could look sharp too, but maybe too much...