DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

That's right and that's why I couldn't resist this beauty at sunday's carboot

My latest acquisition and something a little different.....

A serial steering collector kindly highlighted this wheel being sold in Italy to me. It was actually very kind of him because, although he said he already had one I'm sure he could have found space for one more, plus it is a gorgeous wheel and was a real bargain.

A Personal flat silver spoked leather sports wheel in a very Momo esque style......it's a lovely wheel with a ridged back, a great size at a tad over 360mm and in fantastic original condition with a nice patina.

Very little seems to have been written about Personal wheels, certainly in early Porsche circles, and from what I can gather Personal was a brand of Nardi and where Nardi tended to lean towards more traditional wood rimmed wheels, Personal became the more sports focused wheel moving into Formula One supplying many teams especially Ferrari........I'd love to discover more about the Personal brand so if anyone can shed more light or correct any inaccuracies please let me know.

Not having anything like the same following this wheel was a mere fraction in cost to an equivalent Momo.........but then a 1970 Italian sports leather 360mm steering wheel in great condition, what's not to like!

Now all I need is to find is a Nardi hub and go silver when the mood takes me .....













Cheers,

Darren, nice wheel, I had a personal wheel in my old rally manta, loverly wheel wish I still had it,...come to think of it wish I still had the manta too, Great Tarmac rally car.....Mark

Darren.... You must be up to double figures by now...

Recently managed to get my hands on 1st generation prototipo it to is silver spoked and ideal size of 370, will post some pictures when I have a few minutes

Uk911 wrote:Darren, nice wheel, I had a personal wheel in my old rally manta, loverly wheel wish I still had it,...come to think of it wish I still had the manta too, Great Tarmac rally car.....Mark

Thanks Mark, any photos of the Manta?

MarkIII wrote:Darren.... You must be up to double figures by now...

Recently managed to get my hands on 1st generation prototipo it to is silver spoked and ideal size of 370, will post some pictures when I have a few minutes

Only a few Mark, trying to focus on quality rather than quantity!

The first generation 370 Prototipo sounds nice, pretty much the holy grail with early wheels!

Look forward to seeing photos.

Cheers,

Just picked this one up of ebay for my 66....

Untitled by Jonathan Stevenson, on Flickr

Very happy as wanted one with silver spokes and in 370mm size.

MarkIII wrote:Darren.... You must be up to double figures by now...

Recently managed to get my hands on 1st generation prototipo it to is silver spoked and ideal size of 370, will post some pictures when I have a few minutes

Finally had time to take some pictures, I was looking for the right wheel for around 18 months, spec had to be an original 1st generation momo, which would have been used by people back in the late 60s when racing these cars, also had to have lots of patina....and thanks to a fellow ddker who is also restoring an early swb car I was able to get my hands on a 370 prototipo.

Lovery wheel Mark, congrats.....leather looks delicious!

So I haven't published my coffee table book - yet - but I do have a tiny piece on this very subject in the latest Goodwood magazine!

one-two wrote:So I haven't published my coffee table book - yet - but I do have a tiny piece on this very subject in the latest Goodwood magazine!

On line Robert or in print?

Cheers,

Print - not worth troubling your local newsagent for my piece, but the rest of the mag looks smashing

one-two wrote:Print - not worth troubling your local newsagent for my piece, but the rest of the mag looks smashing

Nonsense!..,,,..I'll hunt it down!

Probably a huge circulation of the mag in Cirencester!

Cheers,

Unusual steering 'wheel' here... funnily enough the driver was arrested!

They don't get any better than this!*

Not mine but I wish it was .....





*well, maybe if it was 10mm or so smaller in diametre!