356 Steering Wheel

Does anyone know how the external splines on the top end of the VW steering shaft compare with the internal splines on an original Porsche 356 steering wheel? I would like to fit an original wheel on my VW column and extend the length of the column similar to that of the Porsche.

You may want to ask someone at the 356 Registry. I ,like you .haven't got any Idea if it would fit.

I think that the VW beetles (but not Super Beetle) and Porsche 356A (up to 1959) were the same??????

You may want to contact Dave Bray in New Zealand, a cyber buddy of mine for some time. He has a VS which has a real 356 steering wheel which was sourced from a swap meet in California. He is a serious builder, the Speedster he currently drives and a XK120 he is currently building. He is a fairly new member of this forum and has an entry on the member listing of www.speedsters.com. He is a very nice and approachable fellow, and I doubt that he would mind being asked a specific question.
John H.

(Message Edited 11/13/2002 10:20:30 AM)

I think George is right. But if you can confirm what will fit, Please post it here.

Does anybody have a 400mm (the small one) 356A steering wheel for sale..?

if so, please mail me..vwmorten@gearheads.dk

Did anyone get the Answer to this... Is the VW spline the same for the 356 Porsche?

Brian,

I had some communication with a fellow Speedster owner in New Zealand who installed an original 58 Porsche 356A wheel on a pre-67 splined VW shaft (I know that the splines on my 68 VW shaft was also identical to a 62 VW shaft). I ended up making my own splined adapter so I could use a flat 15 inch MotoLita wheel which looks very similar to period aftermarket wheels (Les Leston, Nardi, etc.). I lengthened my 68 shaft/tube so that the wheel was located about 5 to 6 inches from the dash similar to the original Porsche and used an early VW clamp-on turn switch assy similar to the pre-56 Speedsters but with an ivory knob rather than the red blinker tip.