I have accumulated a number of wheels in the process of redoing the 53, I checked in the garage and have a myriad of colors, but two of the wheels I have still have the origianl pinstriping on them (I kept these to get the location, width, etc.), and neither of them are black, one is a dark blue and the other green, this leads me to saying the body color, unless the striping was part of a "deluxe" package and black was standard. File this in the for what it's worth folder.
Mike

My old truck's still running good, my ticker's ticking like they say it should, I got supper in the oven, a good woman's loving, and even my bad days aint that bad...Yeah, I'm a lucky man!
1953 Chevy 3100 Shortbed

1965 C-30 Panel Truck
1963 C-20 Long/Fleet Pick-up California Black Plate