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Wooden steering wheels
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:12 pm
by Miggs
well i got one
just need to know are the spokes in the center alloy or steel as i wanted to polish it
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:17 pm
by Nick Moss
so you are b****r that outbid me on ebay?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:24 pm
by Miggs
no i was going to get that one but had a power cut so couldnt get on
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:30 pm
by 912uk
didn't Bruce at sport wagon get that one? Liverpool?
Miggs has a Genuine 911/2 org 60's wheel. And I am sure they are steel and not ali. I wounder if you can polish the steel and laquer it afterwards.
???
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 4:53 pm
by FraserMurray
miggs wrote:no i was going to get that one but had a power cut so couldnt get on
Snipe it - it's the only way forward!
F
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:08 pm
by Luke
erm, I'd use a magnet to find out if the spokes are steel or not
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:52 pm
by Alan @ CanfordClassics
I sanded and varnished the wooden rim on my old 67 912 and painted the inner spokes black again. It was horrid before but look quite good after. Just thought I'd attach a pic in case it helped.
Alan.UK
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:54 pm
by Alan @ CanfordClassics
Any 912 owners notice what not quite right with the picture above ?
Alan.UK
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:57 pm
by Miggs
thats the kiddie
whats wrong??? rear demister on a early car??
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:57 pm
by Bootsy
Should it have an Ambient temp gauge on the left and a different combined one (petrol and oil temp?) next to it?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:05 pm
by Alan @ CanfordClassics
Nope, they were all factory. !!
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:12 pm
by Nick Moss
looks llike the wrong red line. It must have a 911 motor
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:17 pm
by Alan @ CanfordClassics
Correct,
12's red line at around 6k.
The car is a 67 with a 69T motor fitted.
Alan.UK
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:16 pm
by Lightweight_911
Miggs - there were 2 different versions of the Factory woodrim wheel fitted to early 911's & 912's :
The original version had black painted aluminium spokes/spine & is much rarer & consequently worth much more money !
The later version (introduced around mid-'65) had steel spokes which were originally plastic-coated & had a thin black stripe around the front edge of the rim (as seen in Alan's photo above).
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:26 pm
by Miggs
right mines got the black stripe so they are steel