Check out this vintage Steering Wheel - what is it?

Picked this up at the swapmeet over the weekend - never saw one like it. All wood with amazing pressed details.

Any idea what it may come from?

Its worth building a car around.

 

Dont know but its cool!!

 

Well it could be a Honda cause it does say retard on it.......

 

I was thinking of changing my HAMB name to Advanced Retard.

 

Did you get it at Midland?

 

I saw the same wheel on a car in Paso. Don't remember which car but I remember the wheel.

 

That _is_ an extraordinary wheel. Are the spokes wood, or cast metal?

 

Thats one beautiful wheel.......

 

That is a work of art. Surely it must have been on a higher end make given how ornate it is. Possibly brass era.

 

We had one like that in a car when I was a wee lad. I asked my momma about the writing on it as I was too young to read. She said it was 'cause my brother was really advanced and that I was a retard. Stupid is as stupid does.

Doc.

 

The spokes are all wood as well as teh wheel itself - amazing craftsmenship on this thing.

It did come out of the Midland swapmeet - the seller knew nothing about it unforfunatly.

 

It could be an old Auburn wheel......

 

Its got to be old if ya had to advance or retard the spark by hand. looks cool though.

 

Wow man that thing is nice!

 

the 4 pics I have of duesenberg wheels show 3 spokes

 

damnit that's good... so good it should have been mine

 

...the question everyone is pussyfootin' around is...is it for sale?...

 

Website doesn't work, but this looks close.....24 Duesenberg

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=24duesenberg34

 

Ah--Model A Duesenberg!
so, it's just a Model A wheel...

 

A Duessy - that could be. Figured 1920's vintage.

 

doesn't look like these bugatti wheels

 

Bugatti - Dessenburg - Auburn what ever it is it was not on a cheap car.

Thanks for the input

 

I think it might be related to this;

I'll give you $1000 for it.