to all it may interest:
I have a MOMO wood steering wheel with aluminum spokes, and the matching
adapter on my 66 sv, that actually lets the telescoping colum and horn still
funtion. bought it in Rhode Island 2 or 3 years ago from a local forigen parts
dealer including 2 inches of dust. Don,t know if the adapter is still
available, but if anyone is interested i will take it apart to find any #,s
that may be there
Paul in RI
In a message dated Wed, 15 Aug 2001 9:51:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Scott
Donnelly <oharajem@free.midcoast.com> writes:
> I have what might have been one of the last Grant adapters that will fit the
> Alpine steering column. Others others have tried to source them from Grant
> dealers and have been told it's no longer produced. Sorry, I don't have the
>part
> number handy but a search of the archives should bring it up. I have heard the
> early Mazda RX7 adapter will work but the one I tried had the same spline
>number
> but was slightly loose.
> Scott Donnelly
> SV
>
> Stu Brennan wrote:
>
> > I saw a really impressive looking Grant wood wheel at a local auto parts
> > place, and I think that someone on this list (Larry Wright?) discovered that
> > they do have an adapter to fit Sunbeams. So you might want to consider all
> > the effort vs. your woodworking skills vs. the cost of an aftermarket wheel,
> > before making any decisions.
> >
> > I was able to refinish my stock wheel a bunch of years back, and since I'm
> > nearly a foot shorter than Al, I fit fine. Still, a fatter version of the
> > original would feel nicer. Hmmmm...there's an opportunity for a hobby
> > business. Any takers?
> >
> > Stu
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <twojohnsons@home.com>
> > To: <ZUKPJ86@aol.com>
> > Cc: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 8:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: Steering wheel
> >
> > > I was happy to GIVE my worthless wood wheel away to a wooden boat guy many
> > years
> > > ago & it probably still soldiers on somewhere in the Florida inter coastal
> > > waters. At 6'3" it gave me a pain in the thighs & an old CAT tech tip on
> > fitting
> > > the diminutive MOTO-Lita wheel made yet another ill-conceived stock part
> > > history. My 2 cents.
> > > Al J
> > >
> > > ZUKPJ86@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I actually came across an article on making a wood steering wheel in an
> > old
> > > > issue of Classic Auto Restorer. I was surprised to learn that it was
> > much
> > > > less complex than I expected.... Not that I actually tried it of course.
> > But
> > > > it didn't look too bad.
> > > >
> > > > Might be able to find it again if anyone is interested....
> > > >
> > > > Paul in PA
> > > > Body now in one piece!
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