Steering wheels

[Andy4639]

I used a new corvette wheel back in 1989 when I installed it. It uses the same column parts as the orignal truck stuff.
I fixed the horn cap it sits flush now like it's suppose to.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

THANX for the heads up ! .

I have 1/8" = wide cracks at the spokes and moulding joints , the Desert heat does that .

I may just well try one , my interior doesn't look as sharp as many of those posted but it's nice and I'd like to fix this .

I had the steering wheel re done on my '49 3100 , in an off white , it not only looks great but the light color means never hot even when in 125° Death Valley....

This C/10 will retain it's green one .

Make sure you ask if the wheel is the newer version and make it clear you absolutely do not want one if it's the original version. Tell them you know how they crack from others. That's the best you can do,and hope they're honest...at least honest enough to unload any old ones they still have on those less informed
I know that heat is killer on vinyls and plastics. A true test.I now it colds there in Death Valley,too. That's when mine cracked and it was a real cold snap,like low teens or worse.

[SC C-10]

Mine is from a 91 Lumina. You can see the gauges through it and it's diameter makes it really comfortable sitting in the truck.

[seetheusa]

the way i feel about it is these trucks are at that age that little details can make or brake it. if you see a 57 vette with a monza steering wheel and keystone mags you may like it but alot of people are going to go wtf. i use period car 67-72 vette,cheville,camero they look right but you wanna knock it out of the park go with mid 50s to mid 60s GM car and truck wheels. they are two tone with chrome horn ring and other chrome parts. my fav is 62 impala 57 cameo truck they look OEM to me and classie.

[KY Colonel]

Originally Posted by Keller

Same one my wife got me for Christmas!

Looks great! I worked on mine today but ran out of time
Partly because I messed up the threads on the steering shaft a little. But I realized its the perfect time to get a new turn signal lever while the wheel is off, somebody wrapped the old rusty one in electrical tape.

So did you have trouble with the horn components?
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[66skylarkpost]

heres a pic of the monte ss wheel on my 89 silverado

[tdp67]

Grant Mahogany colectors edition

[special-K]

The red one is going in my '67 C1500 Super Custom SWB truck. The Saddle one is going in my '72 K2500 Sierra any day now:

[Southcity]

Originally Posted by SC C-10

Mine is from a 91 Lumina. You can see the gauges through it and it's diameter makes it really comfortable sitting in the truck.

A cassette player in the dash - I love it - do you have a good variety of cassette tapes?

[VWNate1]

Oops ~ doesn't everyone have an AM-FM Cassette Player in the dashboard ?

I have a nifty thingie (Technical Term there) that looks like a Cassette but has a wire that plugs into a portable CD Player so I can listen to my vintage music , I still need to transcribe about 100 + Cassettes to CD's so I can play everything .

I see lots of really nice steering wheels here , being an old man , I'm partial to horn rings but Saturday I went to The Truck Shop and bought a brandy new repop green stock steering wheel , it's a fair bit darker that the original one but the HUGE gaping cracks in my otherwise cherry original steering wheel are driving my batty .

[Southcity]

nothing wrong with a cassette player VWNate1, 8-tracks included, they have a certain at-home-feel in the 67-72 year trucks

[SC C-10]

Originally Posted by Southcity

A cassette player in the dash - I love it - do you have a good variety of cassette tapes?

I have quite a few from the 80's high school/college years. My kids think it's pretty cool to hear what the old man listened to when he was their age.

I have the same connector that VWNate1 has, but I plug it into my ipod and it works great.

[scotteric]

the wooden one in my 68 c20....was there when i bought it.....


im kind of looking for a "period" 23 channel CB to run....I already have an old courier ML-100 to match it up with

[jondancer]

billet specialties 15.5 inch worth the money.

[special-K]

I still listen to cassettes...sound as good to me now as they did 40 years ago. I never owned an 8-track because I thought cassettes were better. Guess I was right because I still listen to TDK tapes I recorded as far back as '76. I have a recording deck and can record tapes off of CDs and LPs. I am saving an Alpine AM/FM/cassette that will slip right into my '72 dash...unlike any CD player. I also have Bose speakers that fit under the seat and an Alpine amp. All this was in my '84 and it sounds killer! Putting a good stereo in these trucks was one of the first things I did,along with dual exhaust and cool wheels & tires. No need to start changing what has worked well since about day-1 if you ask me. Change just for the sake of change is not for me. If it ain't broke,don't fix it.

[swanga c10]

Originally Posted by jondancer

billet specialties 15.5 inch worth the money.

which adapter did you use for this wheel?

[Andy4639]

Well I took the old Corvette wheel out and replaced it with a 67 SS Chevelle wheel and love it. I had to refinish the wheel and paint it but I think it turned out great.

[Square_78]

14" Foreversharp wheel for my GMC. I definately would not go any smaller than this. I have power steering so its ok. If I didnt have power steering I would go with a larger wooden Grant 3 spoke wheel like some of you have posted here.

[BigCountryx]

In the Blazer (power steering) Chromed "billet" half wrap 14.5"


In the truck (manual steering) from 64 Elco

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