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1. Steering Wheel (score: 1): Author: "Gary Eidson" <paradise42@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 12:44:15 -0400; I am refinishing 65 Stock Tiger wheel and cannot identify black insert material on the wood wheel. What is material and is there a substitute that will take new polyurethane coating? Gary Naples; /html/tigers/2005-05/msg00027.html (6,440 bytes)
2. Re: Steering Wheel (score: 1): Author: "Robin Young" <robin02@mindspring.com>; Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:45:56 -0400; Gary, two materials were used. Some wheels had a wood insert and others a plastic material. My own was the plastic and I was fortunate enough to be able to glue each fractured piece back into the gr; /html/tigers/2005-05/msg00029.html (6,797 bytes)
3. Re: Steering Wheel (score: 1): Author: Theodore Brown <tbrown@midcoast.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:41:38 -0400; Paul and Others: The stock wheel is indeed 15.5 inches in diameter. I had replaced my wheel with a flat Moto-Lita wheel of the same diameter but found that it was extremely difficult to slide into th; /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00267.html (6,717 bytes)
4. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: TIGEROOTES@aol.com; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:45:38 EDT; Sunbeam Specialties has a hub adapter and several styles of steering wheels that will work on your car. You will (probably) have to shorten the (center) adjusting locking rod to clear the new center; /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00149.html (6,791 bytes)
5. Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: TM <strombecker@shaw.ca>; Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:36:08 -0800; Was wondering if anybody could tell me what kind of stain was used on the original steering wheels? I have stripped mine down and am ready to refinish it. Also what kind of clear is on it? Thanks Ter; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00095.html (6,998 bytes)
6. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: sosnaenergyconsulting <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:21:28 -0800; Don't know what the factory did, but I just used a clear coat--the mahogany looked beautiful that way and there were actually different colors used in making up the the wheel that made for great con; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00097.html (7,561 bytes)
7. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: Régent Gagnon <regentgagnon@rogers.com; Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:25:44 -0500; Hi Terry, I do not know what the original was. I used Minwax "Wood Finish" #225, red mahogany to match the new dash. I used it sparingly and wiped it off immediately after application. For clear coat; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00099.html (7,402 bytes)
8. RE: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: "Stu Brennan" <stubrennan@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:38:34 -0500; It sounds like Regent and I are on the same track, except I used Minwax "Early American" to warm the color up a bit(sorry, can't find a can with the number at the moment). The gloss Spar poly gave it; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00100.html (7,443 bytes)
9. RE: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: "ron fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.biz>; Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:23:27 -0500; The original clear finish on the steering wheel and dash was most likely a Marine grade epoxy. You have to consider the origins of the product; England, a large marine economy, the 1960's, and humid; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00102.html (7,977 bytes)
10. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: Diane and Roland Dudley <csx2282@juno.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:55:39 -0800; About 20 years ago there was an article in the Shelby American club magazine on restoring wood rimmed steering wheels. In included methods for removing the old finish (paste paint stripper) and oil e; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00103.html (8,485 bytes)
11. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: sosnaenergyconsulting <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 18:15:38 -0800; Thanks to all of you who replied to Terry's original and my piggyback question--I printed out all your info so I can do it better the next time. I really appreciate the knowledge base available on th; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00106.html (7,371 bytes)
12. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: Drmoonstone@aol.com; Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:17:04 EST; A product called Fullerplast which is used on high grade gunstocks would come very close to matching the finish of the original. It would give a finish that has depth yet is not prone to being brittl; /html/tigers/2003-12/msg00112.html (7,063 bytes)
13. steering wheel (score: 1): Author: "RICHARD TUTTLE JR." <SAMORRY@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 16:50:51 -0500; Erich, I agree with Larry it is ebony. If you choose to use epoxy, stain and put some finish on the outer part (light color) wood, then put epoxy in the missing area. If epoxy gets into the grain of; /html/tigers/2002-12/msg00011.html (6,761 bytes)
14. Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: sosnaenergyconsulting <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 14:12:16 -0800; Hmm, interesting. When I re-finished my Alpine GT steering wheel, I noticed that the finish stripper I used turned the black insert material into goo. While it's possible that the black insert materi; /html/tigers/2002-12/msg00012.html (7,308 bytes)
15. Re: steering wheel (score: 1): Author: "Kathy and Erich Coiner" <kathy.coiner@gte.net>; Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 20:44:31 -0800; Thanks for the tip about staining. There must be two different kinds of Sunbeam wheels out there. There is no chance the black stripe on my car is a wood product. It was soft and gooey right after I; /html/tigers/2002-12/msg00024.html (7,419 bytes)
16. Re: steering wheel (score: 1): Author: "S.Amiam" <s.amiam@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 08:45:52 -0800; The ebony insert was only used on the wheels made by Steinway. Amiam Esq. B9471718 LRXFE; /html/tigers/2002-12/msg00028.html (6,724 bytes)
17. Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: Radialman@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 01:39:32 EDT; Hey guys, I took off the grip dealo off my steering wheel to get at the original wood, but when I did...to my surprize...it was covered with rubber tubing over a steel tube that gives the wheel it st; /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00189.html (7,246 bytes)
18. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: BlueGolfer@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 08:42:40 EDT; Make your own wooden wheel using the steel core as a replacement. Find someone with a chop saw. Buy some mahogany or black walnut and rip it to about 5 inches wide and make a ring the appropriate dia; /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00193.html (9,652 bytes)
19. Re: Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: johnc@nait.ab.ca; Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:17:35 -0600; That is a great, concise description of how to restore a steering wheel.What you did was exactly what I did to restore my wheel. I would only add one thing. When you glue the wood to the steel ring; /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00195.html (8,156 bytes)
20. RE:Steering wheel (score: 1): Author: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:52:51 -0700; Rob wrote: " -- (extensive woodworking comments). It's really only a weekend project." I don't know, maybe if you have the shop and skills of Norm Abrams. In fact, maybe he would do it as a project a; /html/tigers/2001-08/msg00197.html (7,612 bytes)

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