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Looking forward to fitting my new steering wheel and batwing horn button, just arrived from Karmann Konnection.

Those two don't really go together I'm afraid.

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Mike

210bhp wrote:Those two don't really go together I'm afraid.

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Mike

No? do you think a hockey puck would look better?

The batwing is from an earlier wheel. That steering wheel should have a 'butterfly' horn pad or, as you say, a hockey puck. The early batwing 'wings' don't follow the spokes of the wheel and just doesn't work. That batwing looks like a repro as well so I would swop for a hockey puck if you can.

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Mike

To be accurate your car , which is a 67(?) 912, wouldn't have had that wheel and a hockey puck anyway.

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Mike

May not be correct
But looks good to me

210bhp wrote:The batwing is from an earlier wheel. That steering wheel should have a 'butterfly' horn pad or, as you say, a hockey puck. The early batwing 'wings' don't follow the spokes of the wheel and just doesn't work. That batwing looks like a repro as well so I would swop for a hockey puck if you can.

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Mike

Yeah I take your point on the wings not matching the spokes of the wheel, but I have seen the batwing on 67 and 68 cars in Johnson's restorers guide?

gooders wrote:

210bhp wrote:The batwing is from an earlier wheel. That steering wheel should have a 'butterfly' horn pad or, as you say, a hockey puck. The early batwing 'wings' don't follow the spokes of the wheel and just doesn't work. That batwing looks like a repro as well so I would swop for a hockey puck if you can.

Regards
Mike

Yeah I take your point on the wings not matching the spokes of the wheel, but I have seen the batwing on 67 and 68 cars in Johnson's restorers guide?

Correct, but not on a steering wheel like that.

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Mike

210bhp wrote:

gooders wrote:

210bhp wrote:The batwing is from an earlier wheel. That steering wheel should have a 'butterfly' horn pad or, as you say, a hockey puck. The early batwing 'wings' don't follow the spokes of the wheel and just doesn't work. That batwing looks like a repro as well so I would swop for a hockey puck if you can.

Regards
Mike

Yeah I take your point on the wings not matching the spokes of the wheel, but I have seen the batwing on 67 and 68 cars in Johnson's restorers guide?

Correct, but not on a steering wheel like that.

Regards
Mike

Thanks for your advice Mike, I'll try it on the car tomorrow but I think I'll end swapping it out for the hockey puck now.

Larger, earlier wheel with batwing (missing leather horn pad).

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Mike

Later, smaller wheel with butterfly

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Mike

Larger, earlier, wooden wheel with batwing.

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Mike

Later, smaller wheel with hockey puck.

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Mike

Mike, what are the two diameters of the larger and smaller wheel?

Can you say what year they changed?

Thanks very much.

SWB s/wheels were 420mm

LWB s/wheels (except for 2.7RS) were 400mm

2.7RS, 914/4 & 914/6 s/wheels were 380mm (as is the s/wheel at the start of this thread)