Is this a rosewood wheel?

[cheveslakr]

The rosewood has a definite redish brown tone, this looks like the vette wheel to me. The walnut, early 69 and '68 chevelle wheel is much darker and grained.

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by Rsconv68

IIRC, Corvette wheels were a 1 piece housing, not a 2 piece like this one.

----Starting in 1967 a factory wheel (That I'm staring at right now) is 2 piece, and larger diameter than a rosewood. 68 is the exact same wheel. Trust me on that, I'm right! I agree with coloring as all the 64 thru 68 Corvette wheels are the same brown, not rosewood coloring. I absolutely could be wrong with only these pics, but until better pics come along, I still think it's a 67-68 wheel....Bill S

[camarojoe]

That's a 69 rosewood for sure.

[camarojoe]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----Starting in 1967 a factory wheel (That I'm staring at right now) is 2 piece, and larger diameter than a rosewood. 68 is the exact same wheel. Trust me on that, I'm right! I agree with coloring as all the 64 thru 68 Corvette wheels are the same brown, not rosewood coloring. I absolutely could be wrong with only these pics, but until better pics come along, I still think it's a 67-68 wheel....Bill S

64-68 vette wheels are deeper offset than 69, but diameter is 16" on all of them. 15" diameter 3 spoke wheels didn't start til the introduction of the rubber "comfortgrip" wheels used in 69/70. There is variation of the brown walnut coloring on 64-68 wheels, and also on the orange/brown color of the 69 rosewood. This one isn't a particularly pretty one, but I do believe its a rosewood. if it's a vette wheel it'll be a much deeper offset.

[67SS4spd]

Amazing no cracks..

[Charley Lillard]

The rosewood NOS wheels I have had were dark like that. As they get worn they get lighter and more reddish. Can I have it :-)

[camarojoe]

I believe there were at least 2 different suppliers for the rosewood wheels, as i've seen some that have a circular depression on the backside with a letter code molded into the plastic, similar to what you will often (but not always!) find on the lower backside of a "comfortgrip" style wheel. Most rosewoods don't have any markings on the back at all, but I've seen some that do. As Charley noted, the color varies as well, as does the amount of black streaking or graining in the plastic. Some are almost completely solid color like the one the OP has, and others have a ton of swirling and streaking of black throughout.

[Papisox]

Phone doesn’t take great pics, but you see the difference from a walnut wheel

[olredalert]

----I see the color difference. Are the 2 wheels shown both 2-piece, and are they the same diameter, and depth?
----I have an NOS Corvette Teak wheel that I know came out of the "Inland Fisher Guide Division". I was led to believe that all the plastic or Teak wheels came from there, but once again I may be wrong and Joe may be correct about manufacturers....Bill S

[Papisox]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----I see the color difference. Are the 2 wheels shown both 2-piece, and are they the same diameter, and depth?
----I have an NOS Corvette Teak wheel that I know came out of the "Inland Fisher Guide Division". I was led to believe that all the plastic or Teak wheels came from there, but once again I may be wrong and Joe may be correct about manufacturers....Bill S

The corvette one is deeper