It sounds more like a Grant wheel.
Larry Zink
1964 Spitfire Mk1
Houston, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: HDRIDER570 <HDRIDER570@aol.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998 8:01 PM
Subject: "Les Laster" Steering Wheel
>
>I recentley bought a car that has a wooden steering wheel. It is not a
Mona
>Lita, it does look like a wheel that I saw pictured in a magazine
described
>as a "Les Laster" Wheel. It is a 14" venered wood wheel with a small hub
that
>uses a standard horn push. The center is aluminium with five holes per
spoke
>(3 spokes total). The hub is plastic and metal and uses a square bush to
trap
>the center of the wheel. The wheel is attached to the hub by three small
>slotted screws. Is this a "Les Laster" wheel? Does anyone have any
>information on this wheel?
>
>I am refininshing it and so far it looks great. I can hardly wait to put
it
>on my 64 TR4 and get rid of the trashed original wheel with the cheap
leather
>cover.
>
>John Hamer
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