I've got a steering wheel here from a '39 Zephyr that I want to have leather wrapped. Because it's a spoked wheel, I don't feel confident doing it myself. Who do you recomend I have do this? Anybody to stay away from? Thanks for the info.
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Google Wheelskins. Got mine on ebay, looks great on my 59 Fury. My girlfriend who's a seamstress s***ched it but you can do it yourself, takes some patience though.
Do it yourself. I did and I think it was the ***s when finished. I simply took my '37 Ford wheel and got a large diameter leather wrap for a semi tractor and stretched it on the rim laced it around and through the spokes and walla........ a "kool beans" wheel.
I would try it myself after a little practice. Get rawhide wet. Wrap it loosely, don't need to be real tight. When it dries is shrinks a lot. Practice on a brrom stick or something like that. I did a floor-shift stick once, really liked it, but don't have a picture. I would prefer goat or hog, but one can find cow also. http://www.leatherunltd.com/leather/rawhide/rawhide.html
It doesn't cost much for leather steering wheel covers. Since you are only sewing on a cover you will not hurt anything by trying it yourself. If you don't like it, rip it off and start over or then have someone else do it. I did one and when I finished I was surprised it looked so professional, cost so little, and I have the pride of doing it myself.
wheelskinz is the way too go, great customer service. It just take a little patience to wrap them yourself.