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« Reply #60 on: April 04, 2011, 02:07:09 am » |
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small diameter porsche steering wheel for my 68..
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« Reply #62 on: April 04, 2011, 03:52:09 am » |
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Hey guys, Yea, thats not a bad looking wheel there on ebay! It would have showed up much better with a solid color background. In stead of butcher block?  I just measured my wheel distance. I measured from the wind shield to the steering wheel back on the top. I got a distance of 3 inches. I never realized the stock wheel was 16 inches in diameter! Does anyone know how close the Flat 4 wheel is off the wind shield at the top? [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] Thanks! |
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« Reply #63 on: April 04, 2011, 03:58:05 am » |
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I did not realize. After adding it all up the Flat 4 wheels is 400.00!!!!!!!!! That's alot of money for a steering wheel! Sheeeesh.................
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« Reply #64 on: April 04, 2011, 04:25:14 am » |
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« Reply #65 on: April 04, 2011, 04:47:04 am » |
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here's mine, stock in my 58.   |
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« Reply #66 on: April 04, 2011, 04:50:13 am » |
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« Reply #67 on: April 04, 2011, 11:04:47 am » |
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let me to add to the speedwell infos:
although formula wood wheels were made in 3 dish versions only the medium and deep dish were offered for vws. The shallow one not. You can not use it with the original speedwell/formula boss - the wood rim gets too close to the indicator swith. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #68 on: April 04, 2011, 11:36:44 am » |
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« Reply #69 on: April 04, 2011, 12:14:25 pm » |
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looks like a springall wheel for ford cortina lotus [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #70 on: April 04, 2011, 16:31:17 pm » |
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let me to add to the speedwell infos:
although formula wood wheels were made in 3 dish versions only the medium and deep dish were offered for vws. The shallow one not. You can not use it with the original speedwell/formula boss - the wood rim gets too close to the indicator swith. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
i think my wheel, of which i posted a picture earlier, is the shallow dish formula. i had a boss custom made by some english guy i met on volksworld show 2007 (i think). at first, the boss wasn't big enough an the wheel was indeed too close to the indicator switch. then, they made me a bigger one and i love the position of the wheel now! @nico: if you want, i can try to find who made that boss for me. let me know, also if you want more pictures of my boss |
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« Reply #71 on: April 04, 2011, 17:02:40 pm » |
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let me to add to the speedwell infos:
although formula wood wheels were made in 3 dish versions only the medium and deep dish were offered for vws. The shallow one not. You can not use it with the original speedwell/formula boss - the wood rim gets too close to the indicator swith. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
i think my wheel, of which i posted a picture earlier, is the shallow dish formula. i had a boss custom made by some english guy i met on volksworld show 2007 (i think). at first, the boss wasn't big enough an the wheel was indeed too close to the indicator switch. then, they made me a bigger one and i love the position of the wheel now! @nico: if you want, i can try to find who made that boss for me. let me know, also if you want more pictures of my boss Yes, yours is a shallow dish like one of my formula wheels. I have the same problem with that one. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] |
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« Reply #72 on: April 04, 2011, 17:21:50 pm » |
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@nico: if you want, i can try to find who made that boss for me. let me know, also if you want more pictures of my boss
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« Reply #73 on: April 04, 2011, 18:59:52 pm » |
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Copied these over from another thread. I hope you'll forgive the repost. I had a Racemark steering wheel in my '67 for most of it's life then I replaced it with an Empi GT. The wheel was leather wrapped like the first 2 pics but had the later style horn button like the third pic. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]  |
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« Reply #74 on: April 05, 2011, 02:22:08 am » |
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A LOT of nice wheels in this thread! The Porsche 911R wheel I convinced AssHull to let me install in his '67  |
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« Reply #76 on: April 05, 2011, 18:16:41 pm » |
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« Reply #77 on: April 05, 2011, 19:40:19 pm » |
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Since becoming active again in the VW world and talking about my Butternut '63 one thing that I've continued to look for is another steering wheel like I had. Brand name as I recall was "Butler" and it was purchased through Auto Haus when I worked there. We only got about 15 of them in as I recall an I immediately knew it was the wheel for my car.
A wood rim fairly thick and three spokes done in a brushed finished and a slight dish. The horn button was smooth black in a mat finish and was fairly large in diameter. See the photo attached as this is similar to what I remember. The adapter was reasonably long putting the wheel at about the same position as a factory VW wheel of the day.
Since I sold the car back in 1974 I've never seen another. I've still not located photos of it, but I know they do exist. Anyway, if anyone has a lead on this I would be very appreciative of assistance.
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« Reply #78 on: April 05, 2011, 20:23:43 pm » |
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empi style for the cheap.
Here is my empi style datsun steering wheel. Total cost 70 bucks, I like it...
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« Reply #79 on: April 05, 2011, 20:34:16 pm » |
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Here is mine, a genuine EMPI GTV 15 inch, witch I got from my wife 13 years ago, when I gave her a ring as a wedding present Philip Steenackers Flatline-Lowriders Belgium |
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« Reply #80 on: April 06, 2011, 07:21:29 am » |
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Cant quite afford the real thing so heres a pic of what i can afford, my Flat4 GTV with a black and chrome wolfsburg horn button. |
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« Reply #81 on: April 08, 2011, 11:14:52 am » |
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Here is my wheels in the Jeansbug i have a Luisi wheel  in my on going project a -56 i have a Nardi steering wheel but will problably sell it and go stock.  //beetlemic |
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« Reply #82 on: April 08, 2011, 13:45:57 pm » |
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« Reply #83 on: April 08, 2011, 15:48:18 pm » |
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Here's my old wheel. I used this until I got a smokin' deal on a Flat-4 wheel from a friend. I still have this and don't really want to part with it. A good friend modified the Le Carra horn button for me. I think it's pretty cool...!
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« Reply #84 on: April 08, 2011, 21:41:44 pm » |
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I've got a grant wheel with flat4 empi gtv boss kit, a bit different and I love the feel of it!   |
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« Reply #85 on: April 09, 2011, 00:46:30 am » |
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Mota Lita which I love. I had a similar version on my 356, that was also great. Good value for money in my opinion.   |
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« Reply #86 on: April 11, 2011, 19:17:54 pm » |
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Here's my 914 wheel....  |
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« Reply #88 on: April 11, 2011, 21:58:29 pm » |
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... I see what ya did there Sarge ... LOL!
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... I see what ya did there Sarge ... LOL!
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