I believe this is the steering wheel I have on my '67 GT6, Mk1. Mine has
the Triumph emblem button, and I am looking for the horn brush. It has
been a pain for years, the brush, I mean. The plastic breaks and I end up
with the horn blaring. I ordered a new one from VB and the plastic part is
too long. If memory serves (and its been more than 15 yrs since we were
running) the plastic part around the brush was about 1.5 to 1.75 inches
long. The new one is about 2 to 2.25" long. Obviously it will not work.
I just got a new Rimmer Bros. catalog for GT6 and I will look it up and let
you know more tomorrow. Jane
>Greetings, Fellow Scions,
>
>I've been list-lurking on and off for about a year now.....loads of good
>stuff here!
>
>Now is the time to post, because someone out there might just be able to
>help.
>
>I am trying to positively identify a steering wheel that came with my GT6
>Mk2, though was not fitted to the car. If I can id the wheel, I will,
>hopefully, be able to get a boss and horn-push for it, and swap it for the
>"leather shirt button" which is currently fitted!!!!
>
>Here is an extract from my webpages, where a gif of the wheel may be found:
>
>It came with "HDA" when the car was purchased. Is very similar, if not
>identical, to the wheel in the TSSC HQ Museum at Lubenham, UK. The member
>of staff there at the time could not accurately ID it for me. I have just
>the wheel, and would like to source the machined aluminium (was it?) boss,
>and the correct Triumph horn push. I have seen a very similar wheel in John
>Thomason's Guide to Originality book, in a Mk 1 GT6. I was also told that
>it may be out of a Bond. My theory is that it could also be a "Type A"
>optional extra, which I believe was available from Triumph in the 60's. I
>also read that the MK 1 GT6's used the Spit / Herald horn pushes of the
>day.
>
>The wheel is a 15" diameter, leather bound, three-spoker, with five holes
>drilled in each of the polished spokes. The dish on the wheel is
>approximately 2.5" deep.
>
>If you know what type this wheel might be, or can shed any light on which
>boss / horn push to use, please email the details. Thankyou very much.
>
>
>Hopefully someone will recognise this.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>jc.
>
>Jon Clancy
>1970 GT6 Mk2
>http://homepages.enterprise.net/clancy/garage.htm
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