Removing/Replacing steering wheel on a Vintage Speedster

Hmmmm?  Not sure how to get that off, but someone will know. 
Are you using the word vintage to mean it is an older car or with a capital V meaning it was built by Vintage Speedsters?  If the previous owner told you it was built by Vintage, I believe he was mistaken.

 

You have a Flat Four banjo wheel and horn button. If you look close,around the outside ring of the horn button you will see a slot.  Use a small screwdriver or flat thin piece of steel and carefully pry up.  The horn button will start to come up. Keep working it out and when it comes out you will see the nut that holds on the wheel.

In the pic of the steering wheel, the slot Fpcopo is referring to is at the 4:00 position on the horn button.

Perhaps it's my old eyes. Your picture looks to me, as if the horn is already off of the boss?  BEFORE you go any further disconnect the ground from your battery (ask me how I know).

 

I think I see the usual 6 holes for a Nardi style wheel. (12 o'clock, 2, 4 ,6, 8 and 10 o'clock)

 

What is that red wire in the middle of the pic?  Fpcopo is correct that is a Flat Four Banjo wheel with button.

MusbJim is correct, 4 o'clock, or the sign of Aries.

 

Can you give us, more pics?

Art is correct.  I wonder if maybe he just linked to a picture of the same type steering wheel as his, but not actually his own?  That would explain the Vintage VS vintage qyestion.

The wire is the horn wire that goes through the steering and connects to the horn from behinds.  I should clarify the screw came loose from the steering wheel to end up in this situation.  As I turned the steering wheel around  in hope of getting the other screw to come loose the red wire got disconnected.  No biggy that.

Previous guy did a cowboy job!

No that is my actual pic.  Till now I assumed my kit was from VS given the documentation and VS badge on the front.  It can be that the previous owner was a crook.

Happens all the time.  He may have been in the same boat as you and was told that it was a Vintage.  Vintage doesn't use the pad on your dash or those gauges.  Doesn't mean it isn't still a nice car.

I don't see a slot on mine no matter how much I look around.  I've even damaged a bit of the rim of the horn cover by trying to yank it out.  I do see three small holes at the back of the steering wheel which a large unwound paper clip into but nothing happens.

Try tapping it out from behind.  It should just pop out.

 

Another clue that it wasn't built by Vintage is the ignition switch on the steering column.

 

I believe that Vintage used to sell unassembled kits for home builders many years ago. This may be one of those. (We'll hear from others on this forum pretty quick if I'm wrong.)

 

 

Finally fixed it!  The silver run around the horn button comes off.  It's not easy to get it off and prone to damage.  Most other steering wheels come off easier.

It was terrible.  The steering wheel had 1 screw missing!!  The previous owner was a complete cowboy to leave a screw out. 

If anyone needs helps with a similar steering please let me know.

Thanks again.

Congrats!

 

I've found in the short time I've owned my Speedster that having a whole lot of perseverance and patience when tackling a job on the car is a real benefit 

Dude, what have you got against cowboys?

They hog up all the cowgirls!

Clarkson may be gone but he lives on in each of us

This guy's gonna fit right in here.

I bet we haven't seen the last of him, which is a good thing.

It's easier to tell my 6 and 4 year old sons Santa doesn't exist than top gear has ended.

Rumor has it Netflix is doing a new show with the three of them.

> On May 19, 2015, at 12:13 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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I heard that he and the other two had signed with "Sky" channel in Europe, but it looks like Netflix won the bidding game:

 

http://www.theweek.co.uk/62887...ctim-returns-to-work

"The 911 is a perfect car for the school run assuming your kids can fit in the back... But then again they would cause your wife is thin cause you drive a Porsche 911"

The new top gear presenter Chris Evans is a guy I used to play football with in Regents Park in London in the late 90s.  Has a big mouth on him on TV but very quiet on the pitch.

He's also stinkin' rich.