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**special-K** · 05-08-2013, 08:20 PM

I've decided to let this survivor go. It's got blems,but you know how hard these are to find in one piece. They aren't reproduced,oddly enough,even though they were used for three years out of the six. Not sure,but I believe these were used in '69s with Gold interior,too? Anyway,not many of these surviving in driver quality. No major cracks and the grain looks very good. I have shown the flaws in the pictures below. If anyone is interested I'm asking $165 shipped and will accept postal money orders

**special-K** · 05-08-2013, 08:32 PM

The hairline cracks in the rim can be masked with a steering wheel cover. I just bought a saddle wheel with similar cracks and didn't let them bother me at all,since I use the covers. I can show you the totally crap Saddle wheel I replaced that has a cover. I have no idea how bad the rim is. Even if you restore this wheel,which is what I had intended,it's a good Sandalwood wheel under the paint. Cracking is limited to the one in the rim shown in the first two shots and the side where the spokes meet the rim. One side had barely detectable cracks and the other side is not bad at all.

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tommys72 · 05-08-2013, 09:06 PM

I don't believe I've ever seen a steering wheel that color...that's cool
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**tidmack** · 05-08-2013, 09:52 PM

I'll take it. I will PM to get payment info. Thanks. Jeff

**special-K** · 05-08-2013, 10:03 PM

Sounds great,Jeff. I'll PM you back. Steering wheel sold,pending payment.

Yeah Tommy,these are what a Parchment interior got. Column and dash pad,too

**bigdon-70blazer** · 05-08-2013, 10:10 PM

That's an awesome wheel!

**special-K** · 05-08-2013, 10:53 PM

I never see these. I have separation issues I'm trying to get over. I tend to get things because I know they are hard to find and figure one day I might need it. Even though I'm taking strides by selling some off,last week I was offered (free) a bedside for a Ford Ranger "Edge" and took it since my son has a Ranger Flareside (or whatever they call them). Here I m trying to make space and now I have that??

nobolt · 05-08-2013, 11:03 PM

nice buy! but i wonder how hard it is to find a sandlewood horn button?

**special-K** · 05-08-2013, 11:17 PM

They didn't have deterioration issues like the steering wheels. Then there's always paint/dye

**tidmack** · 05-09-2013, 07:34 AM

On my '71 Custom Deluxe, the horn button is white. It cleaned up nicely and will look even better with a wheel like this! Thanks again, Tim. Payment in the mail on my way home from work today.

Jeff

CC69Rat · 05-09-2013, 09:41 AM

I have a sandalwood / gold horn button but it's GMC. She's a beaut !

It's just a button, and it's pretty dirty. It could probably be restored and I'm pretty sure the clips are good. You might need to re-paint the GMC letters. What I'm sayin is .. it's not NOS.

I don't mean to hijack, .. just offering it to the person who gets this wheel if you want it. It's yours, just pay shipping. PM if you want / need it. It's just laying in a box in my garage. I know how hard this color is to find, believe me.

This is what GMC calls 'Gold' BTW. May not be the same color? May just be dirty? But from what I understand it's the same as Sandalwood.

nobolt · 05-09-2013, 10:05 AM

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Then there's always paint/dye

i always forget that

05-08-2013, 08:20 PM	#1
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Sandlwood Steering Wheel I've decided to let this survivor go. It's got blems,but you know how hard these are to find in one piece. They aren't reproduced,oddly enough,even though they were used for three years out of the six. Not sure,but I believe these were used in '69s with Gold interior,too? Anyway,not many of these surviving in driver quality. No major cracks and the grain looks very good. I have shown the flaws in the pictures below. If anyone is interested I'm asking $165 shipped and will accept postal money orders Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-08-2013, 08:32 PM	#2
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel The hairline cracks in the rim can be masked with a steering wheel cover. I just bought a saddle wheel with similar cracks and didn't let them bother me at all,since I use the covers. I can show you the totally crap Saddle wheel I replaced that has a cover. I have no idea how bad the rim is. Even if you restore this wheel,which is what I had intended,it's a good Sandalwood wheel under the paint. Cracking is limited to the one in the rim shown in the first two shots and the side where the spokes meet the rim. One side had barely detectable cracks and the other side is not bad at all. More pictures: Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 05-08-2013 at 08:39 PM.

05-08-2013, 09:06 PM	#3
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel I don't believe I've ever seen a steering wheel that color...that's cool Posted via Mobile Device __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son

05-08-2013, 09:52 PM	#4
tidmack Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oak Creek, WI Posts: 77	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel I'll take it. I will PM to get payment info. Thanks. Jeff

05-08-2013, 10:03 PM	#5
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel Sounds great,Jeff. I'll PM you back. Steering wheel sold,pending payment. Yeah Tommy,these are what a Parchment interior got. Column and dash pad,too __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 05-08-2013 at 10:53 PM.

05-08-2013, 10:10 PM	#6
bigdon-70blazer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Poplar Bluff, MO Posts: 1,502	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel That's an awesome wheel!

05-08-2013, 10:53 PM	#7
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel I never see these. I have separation issues I'm trying to get over. I tend to get things because I know they are hard to find and figure one day I might need it. Even though I'm taking strides by selling some off,last week I was offered (free) a bedside for a Ford Ranger "Edge" and took it since my son has a Ranger Flareside (or whatever they call them). Here I m trying to make space and now I have that?? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-08-2013, 11:03 PM	#8
nobolt Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Algonac, MI 48001 Posts: 1,848	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel nice buy! but i wonder how hard it is to find a sandlewood horn button? __________________ Dave "... government even in its best state is but a necessary evil. Thomas Paine "It wasn't a lie, it was ineptitude with insufficient cover." Donald Draper (Mad Men)

05-08-2013, 11:17 PM	#9
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel They didn't have deterioration issues like the steering wheels. Then there's always paint/dye __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-09-2013, 07:34 AM	#10
tidmack Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oak Creek, WI Posts: 77	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel On my '71 Custom Deluxe, the horn button is white. It cleaned up nicely and will look even better with a wheel like this! Thanks again, Tim. Payment in the mail on my way home from work today. Jeff

05-09-2013, 09:41 AM	#11
CC69Rat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chattanooga TN Posts: 6,210	Re: Sandlwood Steering Wheel I have a sandalwood / gold horn button but it's GMC. She's a beaut ! It's just a button, and it's pretty dirty. It could probably be restored and I'm pretty sure the clips are good. You might need to re-paint the GMC letters. What I'm sayin is .. it's not NOS. I don't mean to hijack, .. just offering it to the person who gets this wheel if you want it. It's yours, just pay shipping. PM if you want / need it. It's just laying in a box in my garage. I know how hard this color is to find, believe me. This is what GMC calls 'Gold' BTW. May not be the same color? May just be dirty? But from what I understand it's the same as Sandalwood. Attached Images __________________ Chad 1967 C10 SWB - Project Savannah - 6.0/4L80 Currently underway 1968 C10 SWB - TOTY 2018, 50th Anniversary Tribute Project * Sold * Pride and Joy 1986 Silverado Short Fleet - Scarlet Sold 1985 Silverado Short Fleet Sold 2022 Jeep Gladiator Mojave 2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted, Built 1992 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted 2013 Honda Accord EX-L v6 Coupe 6spd (wife's ride)



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