Early 80s Audition Wheel layout

So they eventually updated the layout by adding those $2000 and $5000 wedges. In the Chuck and Susan photo, you can see that a $700 went where the $5000 is in the newer photo. I really like how the font is the same as the show (through the late 70s) despite a different wedge arrangement.

Odd that they eventually switched to that yellow-and-blue standing Wheel for auditions (seen here), but would switch back to this kind of Wheel by the early 90s with a more colorful layout and sans $2000 and one of each of the penalties. Or it's always possible that Wheel was for auditions at home base while the show-authentic one was for traveling auditions.

I wonder why they decided to retire that Wheel in the mid-90s in favor of a simplistic Twister-like spinner. Maybe because it was easier to carry around and because it doesn't take long to stop. In clips of auditions with both types of "traditional" Wheels, the CC's would always slow the Wheel down by running their finger along the pegs at the bottom rather than giving it a big whirl.