History Small Diameter Steering Wheels i.e. Superior 500

Anyone ever see one of those flat vette style steering wheels? Neato...

 

Here’s the big (17”) and small (12”) versions of genuine flat Covicos:

 

Very cool, I'd love to find one someday.

 

Here's my dad's Covico he bought new for his model A in 1964

 

I had a 6 1/2 inch wheel,,,,8 inches deep,,,with black foam rubber coating.
I bought it brand new in about 1980,,,,,manual steering.
Put it on a 1969 Camaro ,,,4 speed.
It drove okay to be honest.
My brother borrowed my car to go to the store one night,,,when he came home he said it was like driving with a pair of vise grips,,,,lol.
Good times right through there in my life!

Tommy

 

Smallest Covico other than the really deep funny car ones. This is a 12” go cart wheel :

 

small enough?

 

Perfect . Use your thumb and fore finger and you can't go wrong .

 

Those chain ones are pretty small. EZ to drive with hand cuff on..

 

Hello,

How to keep a little toddler from wandering away and be in sight of his dad? We had set up our backyard with a redwood/cedar sandbox, a redwood/cedar, two level, fort/battleship/airplane/fire station structure with a trap door, and a huge big wheel riding course all around the single story house. But, where does our little toddler like to be when I am at home? In the garage wandering around my tools, cabinets and car projects.

When the garage door is open during my car/skateboard/scooter projects, there was a tendancy to look at who was walking on the sidewalk, the cars whoosing by and just stuff in the front yard driveway. My project work time had to be quick and done, before the toddler creativity got so much that he would tend to take a stroll or two.

My wife had her things to do inside of the house and it was time to spend with dad for the toddler. Those times were interesting, but he needed something near me so I could watch and get my projects finished. I decided to get some steering wheels to add to the lower front doors of our garage cabinets.
8 INCH+DEEP 10 INCH+FLAT

Jnaki

We went to the LB Vets Stadium Swap Meet in those old days to pick up some steering wheels. Back in those days, most of the vendors were people who cleared out their garages and not the get rich, quick, commercial vendors.

So, my wife and I decided to use a wooden storage cabinet for part of his play toys, while dad worked on cars or built skateboard scooters on his workbench. The steering wheels were mounted and the acceleration or sound of motors was “kid” provided.

A small 8 inch deep dish wheel was mounted on each right side door. A normal 10 inch wheel on the left side. They were in good condition from the swap meet and cost so much less than at Pep Boys.

Being safety conscious, the wheels were not going to pinch little fingers while spinning. They also did not hinder passage in front of the cabinet walkway. So if he had friends over to play, they could each have a steering wheel. My work counter was just steps away.

 

I bought a foam padded one in 1971 from Kmart for my 55 Chevy. Don’t remember it being particularly hard to steer, but, then, again, I was only 20.

Still have the wheel on my HF bead roller.

 

I just traded for this one today, I've got like 5 bucks in it !!

 

I like the 13" in my el camino. I'm running a lee 14:1 box but with a 30 pound valve, so its like manual. Its the best of both worlds...

 

That is kick ass !

 

I just bought a new 8" wheel from Summit for a project I'm working on. It was the smallest diameter I could find.