Just about have the 26 Tudor ready for the road.....yahoo The steering wheel that came with it, well let's just say its***** ugly to me and really doesnt go. Its 14" and all wood. Have not done any steering wheel swaps in the past so looking for your wisdom and advice. What style do you think would go and adaptors? Help an old dummy out... Thanks Bill
looks like it probably has a normal 3 bolt adapter under that rounded piece, below the rubber bellows. So you could use a normal old aftermarket steering wheel like a 3 spoke Superior 500 or something. If you take the existing wheel off, then you can see what you have to work with, eh?
If you take the existing wheel off, then you can see what you have to work with, eh?[/QUOTE] That's my plan in the morning. Cant screw up to much....right Thanks Bill
LOL..... Would have to wear oven mitts in the south texas sun and heat to use that one. Makes me think of cheech and chong
Bell wheels are pretty timeless. Whatever wheel you use I would have a nice leather cover made to replace those fugly rubber bellows.
It's got two stacks of those wheel extenders with the rubber ribbed for her pleasure covers. Yikes! I'd definitely be finding a new solution, not only because that wheel is oooog-leee but for safety's sake. If you don't have a favorite style pick an era and do some detective work on what was cool that year. Find a JC Whitney from those years and see what was hip.
Oh! thats an extension!!! Still fugly. Proper dished wheel may get it in a good position w/o using it.
Two extensions bolted together, then bolted to the adapter and then the steering wheel. Not just ugly, but likely dangerous... Way too much happening there for my taste...
to me it looks like you have a 1968 camaro style column on top of the column is a grant style upside down bowl under that is probably a 3 bolt grant adaptor. what you probably have is a chevy spline, which is great, history lesson in 1968 the ford mustang went from a nice deep 3 spoke wheel to a foam padded horrible style wheel maybe it was some kind of federal law that coinsided with the introduction of collapseable steering columns so prior to 67 steering wheels were generally of a deeper 'bell' than post 1968 also worth noting is the turn signal switch changer in 68 up on gm columns for arguments sake look at a 67 mustang wheel and a 68 then look at a gm offering from 66 then 69 no one back in the day wanted to run stock steering wheels, but they do now or - go and have a look at the price of a stock chevy 2 steering wheel $$$$$ you couldnt give them away i bet in 1985 so a 64 to 67 gm wheel - the distance from the hub to the ring of the wheel is nuch deeper than post 68 it is difficult to see when you are looking at pictures head on. plus all stock steering wheels are quite large in diameter find a stock corvette c2 hub aftermarket c2 smaller wheel corvette horn push looks similar to a nardi wheel and may have the distance you need which might be the discerning factor
I agree 100 % I pulled the center of the wheel off. Looks like if I remove the 2nd spacer (and throw it away), a standard 3 bolt wheel will work. I'll measure the dish and get the proper wheel on it. Thanks everyone for your help and advice. I'll get the spacers off there Bill
the one thing that will get you is that the top part of the styeering column is in the usa called a upper column collar they are not all the same diameter. the size changes in diameter with the change of the turn signal switch its basically 57 chevy 68 camaro 85 camaro 57 chevy its just a turn signal - hi low and hazard switch on dash 68 camaro incorporates the hazard switch i think hi lo on floor still 68 up the hi low is in the collar with the hazard and turn signal switch erm - something like that just worth noting if you go for a stock wheel
Thank you for the great information. If I go stock whell, I'll check, fairly sure mine in camaro. Bill
look at the depth of a c2 steering wheel adaptor and the dish or 'bell' of the wheel it all kind of adds up to the 60's deep dish will put the wheel plane where yours is now. buy a c2 corvette wheel. IF you put a 40's style wheel on that column it will be too far forwards anything flat will not suit the steering column a c2 vette wheel will look the best. the aftermarket curved spoke banjo 1939 ford style made by some dude - i forget who, is the nicest wheel on the planet, and will be the correct diateter at the mounting as your column as i have one on a non tilt 68 camaro upper collar, but I swedged the tube down to 1.5'' to go into a stock column drop. plus i think i had to mill in some snap washers either side of the collar bearing, i forget now.
https://dissolve.com/stock-photo/De...ile-Super-royalty-free-image/101-D2027-38-071 Get rid of the adapter and spacers and run one of these. Gary
Good enough, Now all you have to do is figure out how deep a dished wheel you need and what diameter you want and start looking for what YOU want. Then haul that wooden piece of ugly to the next swapmeet and put a price on it and the first guys who lowballs you owns it. That shows a real bad case of "It's a Model T I gotta have a wood wheel" going on.
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