'40 Ford Steering Wheels

[Harrison]

I'm needing one for the RPU. Who reproduces them & in what sizes? I'd prefer something smaller than stock.

Thanks, JH

[36-3window]

Vintique makes a real nice stock size one that fits on a `40 column and are $250. juliano's makes a cut down one that fits a GM column that's expensive , i beleive around $800....So-cal had a cut down one in their catalog that fit's a `40 column and i think they are around $1000 and were made by the guy in arizona that made glass `36 three window bodies

[Harrison]

Well damn.

I'm hunting a 15 inch wheel in the $200-$300 range.

JH

[Tim Brown]

A stock 40 wheel is 17in. Limeworks makes one that is 16" and in your price range. Give them a call...

[beatnik]

Lime Works Speed Shop makes a 16" reproduction, for $295.

Limeworks Speed Shop (http://www.limeworksspeedshop.com/index.cfm?id=280765&fuseaction=browse&pageid=86)

[Smokin Joe]

So what's so damned special about a steering wheel that costs as much as a Chevy crate engine? I love those $600 Grants with the gold electroplate and Phillippine mahogany too. I'll venture to guess it costs them less than 25 bucks a wheel to have them made in the Phillippines. Pretty good profit margin.

[Harrison]

Thanks guys. I'm on Limeworks' waiting list. The shipment has been promised to arrive the week before the LA Roadster Show.

Smokin' Joe, I couldn't justify a $1000 steering wheel in my RPU but give me a custom shoebox or Crestliner and you can bet I'd have a $1000 Crestliner wheel on it.

Often times it is the little things that make a difference. Some just cost more than others.

JH