[Healeys] Derrington steering wheel

[Jim Ryan]

Forget the wooden wheel, I think I got wood when I saw that pic of the
Triumph next to the Healey....

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 6:40 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Well, I’ve got one. See attached. “OK” does sum it all up quite succinctly
> but is a little short on detail!
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> I bought it because the original was falling to pieces and, at the time, I
> didn’t trust the quality of the replacements or my chances of making a
> lasting repair.
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> As to quality……it’s lasted well. I don’t use the car everyday but it gets
> used frequently and that wheel has a good few thousands of miles on it.
> It’s held up well.
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> As to the intrinsic craftsmanship, I’d say it’s pretty good. I’ve not
> studied the alternatives but, I’d say, this one would stand up well in any
> company.
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> As to appearance, I like it but, of course, I’m used to it now. (+/- 25
> years). People do admire it when the car’s parked up somewhere like, say, a
> pub car park. So, I suppose it’s generally deemed to be a handsome thing.
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> As to efficacy, I can see the speedo & tacho pretty well. Can’t recall if
> I’m seeing them better than through the original. In fact, I spend more
> time looking at the oil pressure/temperature gauge than the others. This
> being purely because my speedo has always been way off and the tacho even
> worse, if that were possible. I’ve just had the speedo back from
> calibration/restoration and expect the tacho back today. (You can detect
> its absence in the pics.) Anyhow, now I’ll be looking at those two a little
> more!
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> As to price, well they’re not cheap are they? I paid a lot less but that’s
> down to inflation isn’t it? “You gets wot you pays for,” as they say. A
> very nice wheel which will last you for as long as you keep the car……..in
> my opinion.
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> Our politicians have shot the pound to s**t so you’d get a decent rate on
> the dollar. If that’s where you’re coming from. I use:-
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> Parcel Delivery & Courier Services | Send a Parcel | Parcel2Go
> <https://www.parcel2go.com/>
>
> Never used them internationally but don’t see why not. Bound to be cheaper
> than the suppliers designated thieves.
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> Hope this helps.
>
> Simon
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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Steven
> Kingsbury via Healeys
> *Sent:* 25 October 2022 05:20
> *To:* Simon Atkinson <satkinson1974 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* alanwassermannc at gmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Derrington steering wheel
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> Just ok? Not a beautiful wheel? Just ok? I ask because I'm thinking of
> getting one and if it's just ok, I might just stick with the Moto-Lito I
> have and not get the evenly spaced wheel. I was hoping the evenly spaced
> would give me better vision on the tach and speedo while still looking
> great. Maybe the ok is because it's so dark? How's the craftmanship?
>
> Steven Kingsbury
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> BN1
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> On Oct 24, 2022, at 6:02 PM, Simon Atkinson <satkinson1974 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> I have one. It’s ok
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Jim Ryan

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