Dan,
It is highly unlikely that the color was a result of an anodize process.
This is so for a number of reasons. Primarily, anodizing, in the 60's, was an
expensive process reserved for aircraft/rocket aluminum parts that needed
corrosion protection. These were not really expensive wheels.
Second, the entire wheel would have had to be anodized, as it is an
electro-chemical surface oxidation treatment that requires that the part be
immersed. This would leave the rims an edges anodized, as well.
The anodize process leaves a light gray dull color, which is then dipped into a
colored clear dye bath for the porous aluminum oxide surface to absorb the
color.
The whole wheel would have been 'gold'.
A "Hard" anodize, even more expensive, would have come out a dark gray and have
a
coating so hard that a file could not scratch the surface.
I believe a can of 'gold' spray paint may duplicate (and be) the original
process.
Steve
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