[Healeys] Derrington Steering Wheels

[Simon Lachlan]

I've got a wood rimmed wheel in my car. It's fine.
I've also got newish foam, 12yrs, in my seats. The seats were reassembled
before I knew about drilling out the foam. They'd be a total pain with the
big original wheel.......
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Dave Murphy
Sent: 24 December 2013 07:55
To: healeys @autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Derrington Steering Wheels

I'd like to suggest that perhaps comfort should be a major consideration
when one is buying a new steering wheel.

The 14" Moto Lita wood wheel (Moss # 499-560, illustration A in the online
site), that I intalled on my BJ8 has litterally transformed my car from one
I couldn't wait to get out of after 50 miles (with the standard 16" or 17"
plastic wheel) to one I can probably drive 700 miles in a day.
The difference? - I can now move my legs about a little and change my
seating position slightly but significantly as I drive. I can even scratch
an itchy calf that previously would drive me crazy and take my mind off the
road. After about sixty miles with the old wheel, my ass would be so sore
from my legs being pinned in the exact same position by the big wheel that
I'd start sitting on one of my hands and hoping to stop and stretch. Not any
more with the new wheel!

I also like the fact that the uneven spoke angles on my beautiful Moto Lita
allow installation with the center spoke pointing down and the upper two
spokes NOT blocking the instuments.  This feels more natural and that center
spoke is no longer sticking up in my face and telling me the road is crowned
or my alignment is off by 3 degrees.

Regarding someone suggesting the Moto-Lita wheels Moss sells as possibly
being incorrect, weren't the Moto-Lita wheels period dealer or owner
installed accessories on the production big Healeys? And who's to say which
styles - spoke angles, diameters, rivet numbers, etc., the dealers would
choose to sell back in the day?

-Dave Murphy, '66 BJ8, Dearborn Michigan


> From: molony at dodo.com.au
> To: derek.c.job at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:47:07 +1100
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Derrington Steering Wheels
>
> Thanks to all of those who responded
>
> I checked the Mota Lita sight after my initial email and Derek is 
> correct the image of the Derrington Wheel they have on their Web site 
> is a dead image of the original wheel with the correct  spoke spacing
>
>  The only discernable difference I could see from the original wheel 
> was the number of rivets holding the timber hand grips on the  wheel  
> have been reduced by 6 to 12 rather than the original wheels 18
>
> The Mota Lita wheel is available either dished or flat  as required by 
> the individual
>
> Derek's advice is correct it would appear that Moss might be supplying 
> the incorrect wheel as per the Photo on Wilko's web site or 
> alternatively the wrong wheels have been ordered.
>
> Cheers
> Graeme M
> Mount Martha
> Vic
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Job" <derek.c.job at gmail.com>
> To: "Graeme Molony" <molony at dodo.com.au>
> Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Derrington Steering Wheels
>
>
> Mike Lempert's wheels are no doubt very nice but its the Moto Lita  
> that are the accurate  design and representative of the ones used back in
the day.
> Moto Lita make many different styles and if people have one that does 
> not have the three equally spaced spokes then they have bought the wrong
model.
>
> Derek
> On 22 Dec 2013, at 02:16, "Graeme  Molony" <molony at dodo.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Oops should have let my fingers do the walking
> >
> > Just checked the internet and confirmed these wheels are available 
> > from Mota Lita in the UK for approx $350.00 excluding VAT plus P&H
> >
> > A far cry from the $ 2050.00 ask on Ebay
> >
> > Cheers
> > Graeme M
> > Mt Martha Vic
> > BJ8 32717
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