Features let's see some steering wheels

What a difference!! It looks better than new!!

 

Here is the Grant in my el Camino. Grant wheels have always been available. They fit nice and have a great feel especially with a Lee 14:1 steering box that gives excellent feedback..

 

Used a Crager Anniversary centercap for the horn .

Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

Some of mine.

 

Original Schroeder with tag !

 

Some things just don't leave room for improvement

 

17" Bell ? four spoke

 

Made mine with SBC connecting rods, rolled a piece of 1” tubing.

 

Found this on the HAMB classifieds for $50 and refinished it.

 

This is the stock Austin steering wheel from my Austin gasser. I fitted it to the new steering system, and because of the tiny outer grip feeling too small I wrapped it with clothesline cord. Did it a decade ago, so it's kinda grungy now, but I sort of like that too.


And this old Pontiac wheel from the early 50's came with my '39 Chev coupe. Top of the horn ring was broken, and wheel was cracked. So I repaired the wheel, and cut off the rest of the horn ring, and smoothed it off flush. Then painted it to match the dash color of my '39 Chev.

 

Here’s a few

 

Some files, sandpaper, JB Weld, and Rustoleum Appliance White and my best worst Merc wheel is almost ready to be installed !!!

 

Upgrading the steering wheel on my 54 ford customline. Cant wait till its time to paint & polish it. Probably will be white.

 

A '55 wagon with a '58 wheel (I think)

 

Moon silver metalflake.

 

That is a 61 Impala wheel. I had one on my 56.

 

Just found this picture of a wheel I sold 5 years ago that now
I think I should have Kept!
Ford Crestliner

 

I needed a vintage Cragar steering wheel for my Mysterion clone but they aren't made any longer and I have never seen one show up on ebaY. I solved the problem by getting a Moon 4-holer and cutting out the web between 3 holes with a slitting disk on my 4 1/2" grinder.

Ed's wheel


Cragar wheel next to mock up of Ed's wheel. Looked like it would work.


Wheel ready to cut.


Result.

 

Another oddball wheel problem I faced. I wanted a late model tilt steering column for my '53 Chevy truck build but since the theme was a 'factory stock' king cab I wanted the '53 wheel and 3-on-the-tree shifter. I discovered that the splines on the tilt shaft and in the old wheel were identical. All I had to do was cut off some of the bakelite on the old wheel, cut a sheet metal disk to bonso to the wheel to transition to the round shape of the new column and they matched up great. Horn button pass-through hole was even in the right place.

For the shifter, I just cut off the late model knob, ground the shaft to a taper that slit up into the old shift handle and filed the tilt column rivet boss until the old shift handle rivet holes lined up. The slipped the handle over the shaft and install the rivet.

 

Just the stock '63 Rambler wheel

 

Model A ford 7 spline. I machined the hub from the original wheel. Welded to a laser cut adapter. It retains the model A switch.

 

My 57 Plymouth wheel. I refinished it 30 years ago with epoxy paint.

 

NOS 1960 Pontiac wheel going in my ‘31 Pontiac.

 

My Rocket powered coupe wheel

 

There are only two traditional hot rod steering wheels for Fords in my opinion. The 40 deluxe wheel is in my 40. The 39 deluxe is in my roadster/avatar.

 

40 steering wheel cut down to 15 inches (done in SoCal) in the 29 Roadster

 

Hard to beat a ‘40 Olds banjo…