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RE: Refinishing a TR3 Steering wheel ?

To: TRlist <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Refinishing a TR3 Steering wheel ?
From: Davies William-qswi646 <William.M.Davies@motorola.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:09:12 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Ferguson [mailto:fergie@ntplx.net]
> 
> BTW, this
> wheel was not painted. Whatever the material is, it is solid 
> to the steel
> core and black throughout (I cut into it with a pocket knife 
> to check).

That's interesting. In my experience, many Triumph plastic steering wheels
wear through the top coating to reveal a porous inner material which can be
unpleasantly sticky if it gets wet. I guess there were several different
materials in circulation, even within the same designs. It would explain why
I have several Herald steering wheels which are cracked and worn, yet other
equally tired Heralds have yielded unmarked examples,
        Cheers,
                Bill.

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