Technical identify this steering wheel please

I pulled this wheel and column from an overgrown garden.all that was left was wheel/column and some firewall.rusted away.was a hearse im told.can you identify it.had a column change attached thanx

 

Mopar...me thinks, out of the late '40's or early 50's?

 

1946-1948 Dodge.

 

^Yep, '46-'48 Dodge.

 

thanks for the replies that's definatly it ,should have mentioned I got a speedo as well as the column change.hope to graft it on to mychevy 38 pu when I get it going.what was the deal with the shifter was there a cable attached to it.clutch?

 

The shift mechanism will work only with a selector type trans. unless reworked.

 

rework it, it is then ,thanx