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Doug -

I have a steering wheel from C Body with tilt/tele. It is a two spoke affair and the whole wheel is that sort of green/clear translucent plastic, like you used to see on the knobs on cigarette machines. Can you re-do those wheels?

Another wheel I have and like, that doesn't need restoration, is the 67 three spoke wheel which does not have the crossbars in the spokes - it has just two long tines per spoke. I heard they recalled these? If so I'll bet I know why...if you're not careful you can get a knuckle stuck between the tines while you are turning the wheel and it hurts a tad.

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Hi Greg, can you e-mail me a few pictures of both wheels? Then I can tell you if I can recreate the translucent plastic for the C-body wheel.

e-mail: stwheels@shaw.ca

LOL, yes I call them the finger cutter wheels, I always mask off the spokes as soon as I get one in! It's too tempting to put your fingers in the slots when your driving but once you slice yourself it would be the last time

There is no evidence those wheels were ever re-called so it's more of an urban legend kind of story but there is some merit to it.

Thanks, Doug

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Doug - Here is the tilt wheel, I'll send it to your email as well.

That wheel you show is like mine but mine does not have those (what appear to be) horn bars in the spokes.

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Yes, the only way to repair (restore) that kind of material is to make any repairs needed, recreate all the details, make a mold of the wheel and then re-pour it in modern , stable clear plastic resin. I wish I had the room necessary to store all the hundreds of molds for the never ending styles of wheels out there !!!

So it is possible to get that wheel re-cast but I don't have that kind of operation. I believe there are at least 3 shops that can pour you a new wheel but I don't have their contact info. One shop is called WW Motorcars and I think they are on the East coast of the states.

The picture I posted of the "Recall wheel" is from an early ad and no one has ever seen a wheel with the horn paddles in the openings of the spokes. I'd love to try and create that very horn mechanism once I can find one of those wheels for my Coronet.

Talk to you soon, Doug

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I still have a "recall" wheel for sale. I sold the horn ring off it to someone at Carlisle a few years ago. He had a wheel and a horn pad but no ring! The horn pad is pretty hard to find so I tried to buy it off him, but he offered me good money for the ring so I sold it to him. I have a couple of the pebble grain wheels, hopefully someone will figure out how to restore them one day.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-MOPAR...sQ5fAccessories

First one I've ever saw with something in the spokes.

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OMFG I knew there had to be one out there somewhere. That is absolutely gorgeous !!!

Other than the picture of the one in the ad I posted I've never seen another till now either ... stunning.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-MOPAR...sQ5fAccessories

First one I've ever saw with something in the spokes.

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OMFG I knew there had to be one out there somewhere. That is absolutely gorgeous !!!

Other than the picture of the one in the ad I posted I've never seen another till now either ... stunning.

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Only problem is he wants more for the wheel than the car sold for new... Ok more than the car & a couple weeks on a tropical island...

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Who's best at steering wheel restorations

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ME!

Well, at least for my junk anyway...

Really bad shape teal steering wheel that was cracked and busted to where plastic was rotating on steel core in some places.

We'll see how well the PC7 epoxy holds up but I'm worried that it'll have issues after a few heat cycles...