AUSSIE GUYS info on Pearlcraft Steeringwheels...

I want to order a '49 steering wheel like this one. I'm wondering if any of you guys have heard of pearlcraft?

I'm wondering if there would be any issues with an overseas order.

Is there any companys in the US that do this? They're Sweet!




http://www.pearlcraft.com.au/welcome.htm

Tuck

 

tuck that is beautiful ....... i have never seen one of those before .....also you should have the valve covers tomorrow i think .......i wanna see pics when ya get em sandblasted and painted .....carry on.......

 

Don't know who does them, but they were every where in Australia. Any color you want........OLDBEET

 

hey tuck,
you are paintin dude ......you could paint one to look that way.....kinda like a marblizer .....waddya think....**** man that is really is nice . probably huge bux though ...........

 

donnie i wouldnt wana paint this... the pearl is awesome. I wana buy one. I'm sure they're expensive but dude...

 

Last one ill post the link to there site is on top... check out the BEFORE/after pics Damn

 

Ive got one in my 63 Falcon, it was done over ten years ago,still looks great, so I guess thats a recommendation! not cheap, but a beautiful addition to any custom.Guys put em in hotrods too...they kinda look too cl***y for a rod though.
They will do you a matching gearknob too i believe.
the trouble is they dont suplly cores, so youll have to ship your wheel there and back.

 

www.pearlcraft.com.au-------03 9877 8437 phone Australia.....OLDBEET

 

Old beet, I can't pull that site up.

 

Never mind I got it.

 

thanx old beet I posted a link on the first post its not that noticeable for all that wana go check out the website...

Tuck

 

If you need a quote or a contact in oz im here dont mind calling them
Joseph

 

Tuck I missed it?? Those wheels are so cool, can ya get a ballpark price from them? About 10 years ago I thought they were around 200AU, like $150? Aussie guys how much!!!!.......OLDBEET

 

Tuck i spoke to the guys at pearlcraft they got your e-mail and will reply they are talking 460au dollars plus core at 150 dollars

 

J R, how much for a nice not cracked 49 Merc wheel?.....OLDBEET

 

Looks like Pearl powder mixed into the clear resin.
Getting an interesting pattern would be a bit of a *****.

 

That 460AU converts to 354.77 USD Do you also add 150 to the 460 for the core? If you send them the core do you just ignore the 150? sorry... i dunno why i read into that so much

I guess for the quality I would'nt complain... $350 thats pretty cheap for a restored steering wheel in PEARL. I wana do it!

Qmoon I would be cool to work thru you if it isnt a problem. I could send you some cool US stuff in exchange.

THANKS!!!
Tuck

 

Oh wow! I'm drooling on my keyboard... I'm savin' my pennies- I gotta have one of those in the Caddy.

 

Tuck not a problem the wheel only is 460 no horn ring no ****on plus the 150 core he has single spinner cores in stock so you would not have to send over a core if it helped
JR

 

Tuck no problem to work through me the wheel only is 460au that means no horn ring and no ****on plus 150 core he has single spinner wheels in stock if that helps

 

**** DITTO

 

BTW I am not back to work till monday so i will catch up
then sorry no net at home only Horse Power cant wait till we get the power on (only joking)

 

Joseph I never noticed that you stuttered. Must be ridin around in dat old hot rawd! But mine hasn't made me stutter made me stutter made me stutter

 

hey, they're in kerrimuir! i used to work two minutes from there.

let me know if i can be of any help. i'm not far from their shop.

 

Here's another option Tuck. Two Tone. Sweeeet....



In regards to how they do it... I went to University with a guy who's Dad used to do it. He found some of the old leftover "stuff" and pearled his own steering wheel. It wasn't as neat as the "real" ones, but it still looked pretty cool

From memory, the pearl effect is actually little bits of "stuff" that they cut up then lay over the wheel, I guess kind of like fibregl*** mat. They then put a clear resin over the top.

So is this just an Aussie thing? It used to be on all of the cool cars when I was growing up, but fell out of favour during the 80s and 90s (like all cool things).

 

Anybody in the U S that does this? Must be someone?......OLDBEET

 

i'm suprised some rich mullet headed *** in the states hasn't caught on to that and done his whole car in it.

that would be *****in all over the interior, inserts in the sash, console, door panels...