All,
For leather steering wheel covers, check out a company called Wheelskins at
www.wheelskins.com. They supply J.C. Whitney, but will deal direct and will
make custom sizes at no additional cost.
Warning, their instructions say "tight is right", and they do mean tight! At
first you are sure you received the wrong size. It took three hours, with
breaks, to sew one on my TR6 wheel. I did it in air conditioned room and was
sweating when done....but it looks great !
NFI, etc,
Stan
>
> From: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@comcast.net>
> Date: 2003/06/05 Thu PM 07:34:26 EDT
> To: Randall Young <ryoung@navcomtech.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Steering Wheel
>
> Pep Boys has a nice thin real glove leather wheel cover available for about
> $15.00... Comes with needle and thread. You may have to trim the width if
> you have a narrow wheel(like Spitfire or Herald) but when installed, they
> look great. (I trimmed mine both sides to keep the original center line of
> the leather. They were available in both Black and Tan, with a very nice
> grain. Only difference I found from what was on the wheel I recovered was
> that it had two seams rather than one, where it joined.
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
> To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 5:57 PM
> Subject: RE: Steering Wheel
>
>
> > > I am curious about the suggestions/advice for steering wheel for
> > > my TR4/TR4A. I
> > > found the original black-metal spoked (o.e.) TR wheel too large,
> > > and replaced it
> > > for the moment with a slightly smaller (borrowed) wheel. It is an old
> > > wood/metal Mota-Lita, but I find the wood rim a little narrow for
> > > my hands.
> >
> > John, another alternative you might consider is a leather cover for your
> > wood/metal wheel. Not the cheap junk sold at Pep Boys, but an honest,
> > glove-leather cover that gets laced onto the wheel. I have one on my
> TR3A,
> > bought many years ago from Moss USA, and every time I drive the car after
> > driving something else, I notice how nice it feels.
> >
> > Randall
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