For the love of Steering Wheels.....

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A little later than the usual wheels in this thread but I picked this up for my collection recently. Dated Jan'90

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I’ve recently gone back to a Prototipo on the yellow car

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I have just bought this lovely old Mota-Lita to go on the project "Sports Purpose" VW Beetle.
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It was (allegedly!) taken off the Michelotti Jaguar D Type when Lynx bought it back to strip the D Type mechanicals out of it to go into one of their replicas. Fascinating story.

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Some would say this isn't the most desirable of the wheels I have but it could quite possibly be the rarest.......

....the one year only 1974 thick grip Early Carrera Sport Wheel in beautiful original condition.....

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....as fitted to the 1974/75 Carrera 2.7 and, of course, the 74 3.0 RS :)

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Very nice !

- & a crucial piece of the puzzle ticked off the list Darren ... 8)
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Very nice indeed!
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Darren65 wrote:Some would say this isn't the most desirable of the wheels I have but it could quite possibly be the rarest.......

....the one year only 1974 thick grip Early Carrera Sport Wheel in beautiful original condition.....

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....as fitted to the 1974/75 Carrera 2.7 and, of course, the 74 3.0 RS :)

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Nice find Darren.

I have to say I really like it, The 'Fatty' feels lovely and far more rigid than the one that was in the 930 I had.

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I haven't posted on this thread for a while - & many wheels have come & gone in the meantime - but here are a couple of recent acquisitions for (possible) future use:

- first is a '66/'67 355mm flat Momo Indy:

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- & second is a rare early '70's 380mm Abarth wheel (a model that has alluded me for many years):

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Darren65 wrote:Some would say this isn't the most desirable of the wheels I have but it could quite possibly be the rarest.......

....the one year only 1974 thick grip Early Carrera Sport Wheel in beautiful original condition.....

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....as fitted to the 1974/75 Carrera 2.7 and, of course, the 74 3.0 RS :)

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How "fat" is the rim - ballpark for me as I removed my wheel from my 74 US carrera and woldn't mind knowing. thx in advance.
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Here you go Robin....

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Thanks Darren - looks like I've got an identical one and for reference came from my 74 US spec 911 Carrera. Measured the same at 31.5mm

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This is primarily for Andy....
Any idea of make please?
it just says "made in Italy" on the back and there a couple of barely readable numbers which I think are 3-75.
it's 355mm wide.
came on my 914--and is staying there, just curious.

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Can't see the image Ian ...
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does this work?


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I can see both images now Ian !

Looks like a Raid s/wheel but the ones I've had have all been flat rather than dished ...

I'll have a rummage back thro' my old sw images & see if I have a note of anything similar.

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