<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">The switch to a smaller, thicker rim steering wheel pays big dividends when you're driving hard...just getting rid of the hand/leg interference issue with the bus sized OEM wheel helps a bunch.<br><br>The stock wheel is pretty, though!<br><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Richard Hyatt via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net><br>To: 'Jay Laifman' <jay.laifman@gmail.com><br>Cc: 'Tiger's Den' <tigers@autox.team.net><br>Sent: Mon, Jan 13, 2020 6:37 am<br>Subject: Re: [Tigers] after market steering wheels<br><br></div><div id="yiv3279233489"><style>#yiv3279233489 #yiv3279233489 --    _filtered {}  _filtered {} #yiv3279233489   #yiv3279233489 p.yiv3279233489MsoNormal, #yiv3279233489 li.yiv3279233489MsoNormal, #yiv3279233489 div.yiv3279233489MsoNormal  {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;} #yiv3279233489 a:link, #yiv3279233489 span.yiv3279233489MsoHyperlink  {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv3279233489 span.yiv3279233489EmailStyle18  {font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;} #yiv3279233489 .yiv3279233489MsoChpDefault  {font-family:sans-serif;}  _filtered {} #yiv3279233489 div.yiv3279233489WordSection1  {} #yiv3279233489 </style><div><div class="yiv3279233489WordSection1"><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">Hi Jay,</p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">Thanks that makes sense. The telescoping feature is interesting but like you indicate just finding the comfortable distance for the normal driver will be fine.</p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">Rick</p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">  </p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">  </p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">  </p><div class="yiv3279233489yqt0029759281" id="yiv3279233489yqt37411"><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jay Laifman <jay.laifman@gmail.com> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 12, 2020 7:33 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> rick@atmospherebuilders.com<br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> Tiger's Den <tigers@autox.team.net><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] after market steering wheels</p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">  </p><div><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">I did make a Motolita work on my Alpine.  There is an extender at the end of the threaded rod in the center of the steering column.  This extender goes into the back of the Alpine/Tiger center knob that loosens to allow the telescoping to work.  I took off the extender and replaced it with two nuts.  To move the wheel, I now have to take off the horn button, and use to wrenches.  But to be honest, I haven't moved it again since I did that - and I really don't let anyone else drive it.  If they did, and they didn't like where I want it, tough!</p><div><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">  </p></div><div><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">Oh, as to the two nuts, when they are both loosened, the steering wheel is free to moved forward and back.  Then when I have it where I want it, I tighten the bottom nut down.  Then I use the second nut as a jam nut to hold the first nut in place.</p></div></div><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">  </p><div><div><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 10:25 AM Richard Hyatt via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><div><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">Hi All,</p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal">My tiger steering wheel could use refinishing. I will keep it under any circumstances carefully stored away. In looking at Tiger aftermarket steering wheels such as Motolita and others, none seem to support the telescoping function. In fact it is a little hard to be sure normal horn function can remain.. I wondered what others have done to support or deactivate the telescoping function and which product you might favor. Thanks.</p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;">Best Regards,</span></p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;"><span> </span></p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;"><span>  Rick Hyatt</span><span> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;">| President</span></p><p class="yiv3279233489MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><span style="color:#979292;">  <img width="8" height="16" id="yiv3279233489gmail-m_7248974138792389201Picture_x0020_5" style="width:.0833in;min-height:.1666in;" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01D0A900.B6A56090" src="cid:Gi4kP8Kh2QUIHhqnl0i9" border="0"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;">540.257.0864 </span></p><table class="yiv3279233489Ms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