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Anyone looking for a modified, neat looking vintage VW steering wheel for their Speedster?
I have one, not exactly perfect, but it'll sure do 'til perfect comes to town. Has cool little thumb rests and and smooth spokes mimicking the vintage Rometsch/Petri style steering wheels. Something very different and period correct looking.
Just $100 or your best offer, and I'll cover the shipping costs within the US.
Thanks—
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Nice!
Dude, your stuff's making me wish I had a 356 replica to put it on. Great wheel at a great price.
Thank you !
I enjoy the hobby/activity and don't need a whole lot of money, so it all works out well.
Nice price drop:
Just $85.
Hi Tom,
Is it set up to work on a VW shaft and what kind of horn button do ya use?
The wheel fits the 1956-1959 VW Beetle steering shaft. It isn't the very coarse thread form the early vars, but rather the intermediate thread.
It accepts any VW Beetle or Bus horn button from those years. The ones for the Bus are considerably cheaper and preferred as you'll want to swap out the plain black horn push on the button for a Porsche hub cap crest anyway. An easy modification.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...etail.php?id=1448658
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...detail.php?id=982318
I don't have an early VW horn button, but do have a Porsche hub cap crest that I'll include if you want.
Thanks.
Hi Tom,
What is the overall outside diameter of the wheel? (in inches)
thanks
This one is stock Early Beetle, 15.5 inches.
The stock wheel on the Porsche 356 was 15.75 inches.
what did you use to mold those fins to the wheel?
(ie: will they break off?)
They'll never break off. I ground out little pockets to help catch the fiberglass, then made the thumb rests out of reinforced fiberglass, followed by gel resin, and finally a smidge of polyester filler.
Nice and strong, done right.
This is my third steering done in this fashion over the years, never had a complaint or return.
That is a work of art....I don't think it'll fit my car. I have a 1970 steering column and I live in the UK so shipping costs will be horrendous. I have a lovely Motalita wood steering wheel but I'd change it for that.
OK Tommy,
How about $75 with shipping,porsche crest,and throw in an extra spray bomb the same color so I can match the steering column? Tom
That's a not unreasonable offer at all, and I DO have some left over Epoxy Paint. I'm poking around now (have been over the past two evenings) on a horn button for it. If it comes out well, I think that I'll hold onto the wheel for my (soon to arrive) Karmann Ghia. If I don't have any luck with the button, I'll let you know here, OK?
I had been looking all around for a Karmann Ghia to use as a Winter Beater, unfortunately the only one that I could find within cheap easy pick-up/delivery distance, needed both too much work to just put right onto the road, and was too nice otherwise to just throw onto the road.
So, now a possible project and a Summer driver as a reward. Not exactly to plan, but that's very seldom the case anyway.
And thanks for the offer !
PM sent.
I have a horn button off the VW chop top. It's a batwing wheel which should work.
Tom,
Monty's PM indicated that he would pay the full $85 that I was asking for the wheel. Wanted to check with you first though before doing anything.
Lemme know your feelings on this.
I'll take it. Send pay pal info or address to toms356a@yahoo.com Sorry Monty. if it won't work for me I'll let ya know. Tom
Just now finished up the horn button for the Karmann Ghia. It was destined for this steering wheel, but Tom bought it out from under Monty, so it will go on the next wheel that I modify.
The horn button is made from a stock '59 VW Beetle base, an Austin A40 emblem base, and a '71 VW Beetle center crest with the black paint removed and trimmed to fit.
I think that it looks pretty elegant, it'll be perfect for what I have planned for the Karmann Ghia.
Fantastic job!.
The way he gets stuff like that & mods it sweet, he's almost . . . evil.
That's too much talent for one guy. It's almost like there's a team of evil.
Clever 'pun' Ed & Lane...alluding to a very clever dude!
Steering wheel is sold__
Thank you !
Tommy,
Can I send ya my extra wheel and have ya do the same to it?
Of course.
OK....Let's put the brakes on for a second. Monty....If you want the wheel listed here you can have it and I'll have Tommy restore the one I have then we can all be happy. Just send Tommy $85 to cover the cost of the wheel and I'll send him mine. Tryin to be a speedster buddy. Tom
Deal. Thank you, Tom.
Tommy Boy, okay with you... just PM PayPal info. Thx
