Steering wheels................

[beetletom]

Sold the original prototipo, replaced with a 78’ momo Indy wheel

[alex d]

Sold the original prototipo, replaced with a 78’ momo Indy wheel

Hey Tom which hub did you use for the Indy wheel? The regular VW Momo hub looks too short for non-dished wheels like the Indy, did you have to add a spacer?

[samotorsport]

I ve got a Formuling in the Karmann Ghia , with an adapter ring to fit a new Momo hub . The original Formuling hubs are almost impossible to find

[VWGlassee]

Here’s mine 


Yannick

[RichardinNZ]

I'm tempted by this wheel for the '58.  However I'll need a boss.  Does anyone have the diameter of a Flat4 style boss for a GT or Speedwell wheel so I can decide which will work best?   

Can anyone think of any other options?

Also, does anyone know of a boss which covers the end of the column like the standard wheel on the '58?

Thanks

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[RichardinNZ]

Yannick; looks great!
Richard

[VWGlassee]

Yannick; looks great!
Richard

Thanks Richard 

[TittyTwister]

We reduced the size of an original steering wheel. It is even better in the hand because the outer ring is a little thicker.

[jerem56]

Here is my black leather Formula shallow Dish with a Flat4 speedwell boss and a standard bus horn button.
Bought it NOS with his box, quite interesting to see the whole Formula range.

[RichardinNZ]

That looks good.  What diameter is it?

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[Steve67]

Personal wood steering wheel on a billet aluminum hub in my 67...
Found it a few years ago for a few Euros on a garage sale

[jerem56]

That looks good.  What diameter is it?

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Thanks Richard, it's a 15'' wheel, same size as Speedwell ones.
The Flat4boss fit perfectly the original speedwell/Formula, I just had to enlarge a bit the 3 fixing holes for the flat4 screws, which are really shitty screws!, if you can choose better quality ones do not hesitate.

[Rome]

Mark 1 Scirocco wheel on my 1977 standard Beetle. Direct bolt-on; no adapters or any other work needed. Wheelskins brand leather wheel wrap. Beetle horn button fits into the "bellows" Scirocco hub with friction fit. I previously had a 1973 SportsBug 3-spoke wheel on this car for 25 years. Both wheels have the same outer diameter, 14 7/8". Porsche 914 tachometer.

[Taylor]

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[speedwell]

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is this a real one ?
look like the steering wheel  is smaller (diameter) than an original riverside 500  look like the 914 model 
here's mine in my friend 65 bahamas blue

[Taylor]

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is this a real one ?
look like the steering wheel  is smaller (diameter) than an original riverside 500  look like the 914 model 
here's mine in my friend 65 bahamas blue

Yeah it’s a real steering wheel.  Turns the car and everything.  🤣🤣.  It’s a 914 wheel

[speedwell]

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is this a real one ?
look like the steering wheel  is smaller (diameter) than an original riverside 500  look like the 914 model  
here's mine in my friend 65 bahamas blue

Yeah it’s a real steering wheel.  Turns the car and everything.  🤣🤣.  It’s a 914 wheel

yes but the riverside steering wheels was bigger diameter and the spoke were different , riverside weren't 914 steering wheels

[Taylor]

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is this a real one ?
look like the steering wheel  is smaller (diameter) than an original riverside 500  look like the 914 model  
here's mine in my friend 65 bahamas blue

Yeah it’s a real steering wheel.  Turns the car and everything.  🤣🤣.  It’s a 914 wheel

yes but the riverside steering wheels was bigger diameter and the spoke were different , riverside weren't 914 steering wheels

I never said it was a Riverside wheel.  It’s just a Porsche wheel adapted to a Volkswagen.

[restojohnny]

Can anyone provide a picture of the back side of the riverside 500 empi steering wheel I just found one and want to make sure .... it does measure 15.5 inches in diameter but it’s also dated 1972 with the VDM logo but no part# like they have on the 911/912 steering wheels I just found this one In a Ghia my friend bought and he asked if I had a stock one to trade didnt think anything about the wheel until I had asked about the horn pad and he said it was in the trash cuz it was all wrinkled up so I went to get it and it was embossed with the empi logo it’s very hard to make it out but it’s the empi logo for sure not Porsche

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[speedwell]

Can anyone provide a picture of the back side of the riverside 500 empi steering wheel I just found one and want to make sure .... it does measure 15.5 inches in diameter but it’s also dated 1972 with the VDM logo but no part# like they have on the 911/912 steering wheels I just found this one In a Ghia my friend bought and he asked if I had a stock one to trade didnt think anything about the wheel until I had asked about the horn pad and he said it was in the trash cuz it was all wrinkled up so I went to get it and it was embossed with the empi logo it’s very hard to make it out but it’s the empi logo for sure not Porsche

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not sure that it's a riverside the rear is not the same   and on mine no VDM logo on the rearhere's the back of  my riverside

[Vdubchef]

My past and present wheels

[Vdubchef]

And empi GT

[restojohnny]

Can anyone provide a picture of the back side of the riverside 500 empi steering wheel I just found one and want to make sure .... it does measure 15.5 inches in diameter but it’s also dated 1972 with the VDM logo but no part# like they have on the 911/912 steering wheels I just found this one In a Ghia my friend bought and he asked if I had a stock one to trade didnt think anything about the wheel until I had asked about the horn pad and he said it was in the trash cuz it was all wrinkled up so I went to get it and it was embossed with the empi logo it’s very hard to make it out but it’s the empi logo for sure not Porsche

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not sure that it's a riverside the rear is not the same   and on mine no VDM logo on the rearhere's the back of  my riverside

Thankyou Fabs you I agree my friend. Time to sell it now LOL

[restojohnny]

I thought I got a real riverside 500 on a trade trade a week or so ago but it turned out to be a 911 steering wheel but that changed the other day when an old friend asked what this steering wheel is and I said it is mine LoL so again another trade happened and I finally got a true EMPI RIVERSIDE 500 steering wheel. Last one slipped thru my hands at Pomona about 9 years ago when my friend tim from Belgium picked it up before I could and got that One for $15 and I believe that it belongs to you now Fabs.

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[alex d]

nice one Johnny!

[speedwell]

I thought I got a real riverside 500 on a trade trade a week or so ago but it turned out to be a 911 steering wheel but that changed the other day when an old friend asked what this steering wheel is and I said it is mine LoL so again another trade happened and I finally got a true EMPI RIVERSIDE 500 steering wheel. Last one slipped thru my hands at Pomona about 9 years ago when my friend tim from Belgium picked it up before I could and got that One for $15 and I believe that it belongs to you now Fabs.

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yes he's mine now  but not for 15$

[Prowagen]

And empi GT

Not wheel related, but where did you get the padded dash top?

[Vdubchef]

And empi GT

Not wheel related, but where did you get the padded dash top?

It’s a vintage Empi dash pad. If I remember correct from the samba.

[restojohnny]

And empi GT

Not wheel related, but where did you get the padded dash top?

It’s a vintage Empi dash pad. If I remember correct from the samba.

Yes Danny Zepeda has a few NOS ones left

[Prowagen]

Cheers Vdubchef and restojohnny.