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62gmc910 · 11-27-2009, 10:45 PM

the steering wheel in our '65 GMC 930 is a slightly different color than the column. We are pretty sure it is the original wheel because the truck only has 39000 miles on it as soon as we learn how we will post pics

*LILRED66* · 11-28-2009, 02:38 AM

Welcome to the forums from Kansas City, KS...if you could balance the US on a fingertip, I am roughly in the middle.

Don't forget to post some pictures or the polaroid police, aka Joe231, will arrest you.

62gmc910 · 11-28-2009, 01:04 PM

here are the pics

Rich 5150 69 · 11-28-2009, 02:48 PM

I`d say its original, it matches door panels...

62gmc910 · 11-28-2009, 03:11 PM

thanks Rich never would have noticed the door panels

Joemomma1 · 11-28-2009, 07:07 PM

Is that original to the GMC? I thought only the chevys had that wheel?

62gmc910 · 11-28-2009, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joemomma1

Is that original to the GMC? I thought only the chevys had that wheel?

As far as we know, we are the secound owners, it was a farm truck and I can't see them changing the wheel

NF65Fleetside · 11-28-2009, 08:21 PM

that def looks like a chevy wheel

62gmc910 · 11-29-2009, 01:27 AM

It's a Canadain truck , we got chevy engines here, maybe Chevy wheels?, 'cause i have to agree it looks a lot like the wheel in our '65 chev parts truck

duallyjams · 11-29-2009, 08:59 AM

The chrome nobs are chevy ?

*LILRED66* · 11-29-2009, 11:09 AM

I believe the wheel and the dash knobs have been changed, somewhere along the way. Both are Chevy-specific.

In the early sixties, say '60-'64, the wheels were the off-white and later light fawn. The wheel is a '60-'65 Chevy Custom steering wheel with chrome horn ring assembly and the dash knobs are 4-5-6 Chevy chrome/black knobs, specific to the Custom Cab/Custom Comfort package.

Regardless, you have a nice GMC.

*LILRED66* · 11-29-2009, 11:11 AM

With a 1/4" socket driver, remove the two screws from the back of the chrome horn ring button. Upon removal, you can read the factory GM numbers on the horn button. This will tell you what year and model it came from...probably from a '64 Chevy truck.

**damnyankee36** · 11-29-2009, 11:37 AM

I've seen both wheels like 62gmc910's and the one below that are described as custom wheels. What trucks were they available in? Mine is a 66 that has the wheel like this one.

*LILRED66* · 11-29-2009, 02:10 PM

damnyankee36:

Your steering wheel & chrome horn ring is the Custom wheel for the 1966 Chevy trucks.

The wheel in the photos of 62gmc910 is the Custom wheel & chrome horn ring for the '60-'65 Chevy trucks.

Vernski · 11-29-2009, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LILRED66

damnyankee36:

Your steering wheel & chrome horn ring is the Custom wheel for the 1966 Chevy trucks.

The wheel in the photos of 62gmc910 is the Custom wheel & chrome horn ring for the '60-'65 Chevy trucks.

Hi Tony do you have any of those steering wheels available? If you do send me a PM please Thanks.---Vernski

*LILRED66* · 11-30-2009, 05:59 AM

vernski:

The '60-'65 Custom wheel or the '66 Custom wheel? I have a few of both.

62gmc910 · 12-01-2009, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LILRED66

I believe the wheel and the dash knobs have been changed, somewhere along the way. Both are Chevy-specific.

In the early sixties, say '60-'64, the wheels were the off-white and later light fawn. The wheel is a '60-'65 Chevy Custom steering wheel with chrome horn ring assembly and the dash knobs are 4-5-6 Chevy chrome/black knobs, specific to the Custom Cab/Custom Comfort package.

Regardless, you have a nice GMC.

I really have to wonder if the canadian gmc builders dipped into the chevy bin a lot because I am pretty sure those knobs are the same as the ones on a 66 GMC that a friend in highschool drove and those knobs were the ones it left the dealer with because I asked his dad who bought that truck new if they had been changed because they were different than the ones on my '62

66GMC-Canuck · 12-01-2009, 05:34 PM

My 66 GMC is Canadian built and it has a lot of Chevy parts. Talking to other Canadian GMC owners we found they are basically Chevy framed vehicles with GMC sheet metal on the front. And some of them had the Chevy custom wheel in them. The side badges on ours are the same as the Chevy but with GMC on them. I do not see these on the US trucks. My rear suspension is coil not leaf. Stuff like that shows up.

mikie 1954 · 12-01-2009, 06:07 PM

I see that the parking brake is by the 4 speed shifter. I have a 64 chevy water truck that looks the same,is this stock or has it been changed from a bigger truck? just wandering , thanks

65gmc930 · 12-01-2009, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikie 1954

I see that the parking brake is by the 4 speed shifter. I have a 64 chevy water truck that looks the same,is this stock or has it been changed from a bigger truck? just wandering , thanks

leaf spring 1 tons 4speed trucks came with the trans mounted park brake.

*LILRED66* · 12-01-2009, 07:55 PM

So did many of the '60-'64 Chevy C20 trucks. I have had a few with the floor-mounted e-brake, similar to the big iron.

11-27-2009, 10:45 PM	#1
62gmc910 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cremona AB Canada Posts: 370	65 GMC custom steering wheel color the steering wheel in our '65 GMC 930 is a slightly different color than the column. We are pretty sure it is the original wheel because the truck only has 39000 miles on it as soon as we learn how we will post pics __________________ 62 GMC 910 short fleetside 454 super t10 14 bolt w/gov lock 70s c20 front discs (built in the 80s) 65 GMC 930 dualwheel 292 4spd all origonal 39k mi(my sons truck) 63 GMC 950 camperized school bus, (Gus the bus) 350 4speed 2 speed rear 64 GMC 950 "spare" bus 283? 4speed detroit locker 53 GMC 1ton dual wheel bus 78 GMC c25 short course off road race truck(son's truck) 355 th400 14 bolt (www.wheel2wheel.ca) 88 Peterbilt 379 longhood (hauls race truck)

11-28-2009, 02:38 AM	#2
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color Welcome to the forums from Kansas City, KS...if you could balance the US on a fingertip, I am roughly in the middle. Don't forget to post some pictures or the polaroid police, aka Joe231, will arrest you.

11-28-2009, 01:04 PM	#3
62gmc910 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cremona AB Canada Posts: 370	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color here are the pics Attached Images __________________ 62 GMC 910 short fleetside 454 super t10 14 bolt w/gov lock 70s c20 front discs (built in the 80s) 65 GMC 930 dualwheel 292 4spd all origonal 39k mi(my sons truck) 63 GMC 950 camperized school bus, (Gus the bus) 350 4speed 2 speed rear 64 GMC 950 "spare" bus 283? 4speed detroit locker 53 GMC 1ton dual wheel bus 78 GMC c25 short course off road race truck(son's truck) 355 th400 14 bolt (www.wheel2wheel.ca) 88 Peterbilt 379 longhood (hauls race truck)

11-28-2009, 02:48 PM	#4
Rich 5150 69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Galt, Calif Posts: 2,437	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color I`d say its original, it matches door panels... __________________ `64 C10 vortec 350/350/373 posi `69 RS/SS 350/350/308 `37 Ford 406/350/324 traclock `68 Dart 370/904/323 suregrip

11-28-2009, 03:11 PM	#5
62gmc910 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cremona AB Canada Posts: 370	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color thanks Rich never would have noticed the door panels __________________ 62 GMC 910 short fleetside 454 super t10 14 bolt w/gov lock 70s c20 front discs (built in the 80s) 65 GMC 930 dualwheel 292 4spd all origonal 39k mi(my sons truck) 63 GMC 950 camperized school bus, (Gus the bus) 350 4speed 2 speed rear 64 GMC 950 "spare" bus 283? 4speed detroit locker 53 GMC 1ton dual wheel bus 78 GMC c25 short course off road race truck(son's truck) 355 th400 14 bolt (www.wheel2wheel.ca) 88 Peterbilt 379 longhood (hauls race truck)

11-28-2009, 07:07 PM	#6
Joemomma1 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CA Posts: 814	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color Is that original to the GMC? I thought only the chevys had that wheel?

11-28-2009, 08:21 PM	#8
NF65Fleetside Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 674	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color that def looks like a chevy wheel

11-29-2009, 01:27 AM	#9
62gmc910 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cremona AB Canada Posts: 370	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color It's a Canadain truck , we got chevy engines here, maybe Chevy wheels?, 'cause i have to agree it looks a lot like the wheel in our '65 chev parts truck __________________ 62 GMC 910 short fleetside 454 super t10 14 bolt w/gov lock 70s c20 front discs (built in the 80s) 65 GMC 930 dualwheel 292 4spd all origonal 39k mi(my sons truck) 63 GMC 950 camperized school bus, (Gus the bus) 350 4speed 2 speed rear 64 GMC 950 "spare" bus 283? 4speed detroit locker 53 GMC 1ton dual wheel bus 78 GMC c25 short course off road race truck(son's truck) 355 th400 14 bolt (www.wheel2wheel.ca) 88 Peterbilt 379 longhood (hauls race truck)

11-29-2009, 08:59 AM	#10
duallyjams Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Deale Md Posts: 4,663	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color The chrome nobs are chevy ? __________________ James 63 GMC V6 4speed carryall 65 chevy swb bbw V8 auto 68 K20 327/4 speed, buddy buckets 2002 GMC CC Dually Duramax 64 GMC lwb 3/4 V6 4speed SOLD 66 GMC swb bbw buddy buckets SOLD IG duallyjams The only thing that stays the same is constant change!

11-29-2009, 11:09 AM	#11
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color I believe the wheel and the dash knobs have been changed, somewhere along the way. Both are Chevy-specific. In the early sixties, say '60-'64, the wheels were the off-white and later light fawn. The wheel is a '60-'65 Chevy Custom steering wheel with chrome horn ring assembly and the dash knobs are 4-5-6 Chevy chrome/black knobs, specific to the Custom Cab/Custom Comfort package. Regardless, you have a nice GMC.

11-29-2009, 11:11 AM	#12
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color With a 1/4" socket driver, remove the two screws from the back of the chrome horn ring button. Upon removal, you can read the factory GM numbers on the horn button. This will tell you what year and model it came from...probably from a '64 Chevy truck.

11-29-2009, 11:37 AM	#13
damnyankee36 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Alamogordo, NM Posts: 724	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color I've seen both wheels like 62gmc910's and the one below that are described as custom wheels. What trucks were they available in? Mine is a 66 that has the wheel like this one. Attached Images Last edited by damnyankee36; 11-29-2009 at 11:39 AM.

11-29-2009, 02:10 PM	#14
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color damnyankee36: Your steering wheel & chrome horn ring is the Custom wheel for the 1966 Chevy trucks. The wheel in the photos of 62gmc910 is the Custom wheel & chrome horn ring for the '60-'65 Chevy trucks.

11-30-2009, 05:59 AM	#16
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color vernski: The '60-'65 Custom wheel or the '66 Custom wheel? I have a few of both.

12-01-2009, 05:34 PM	#18
66GMC-Canuck Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada Posts: 85	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color My 66 GMC is Canadian built and it has a lot of Chevy parts. Talking to other Canadian GMC owners we found they are basically Chevy framed vehicles with GMC sheet metal on the front. And some of them had the Chevy custom wheel in them. The side badges on ours are the same as the Chevy but with GMC on them. I do not see these on the US trucks. My rear suspension is coil not leaf. Stuff like that shows up. __________________ 66 GMC 1500 Series LWB



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12-01-2009, 06:07 PM	#19
mikie 1954 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: caliente ca. Posts: 297	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color I see that the parking brake is by the 4 speed shifter. I have a 64 chevy water truck that looks the same,is this stock or has it been changed from a bigger truck? just wandering , thanks

12-01-2009, 07:55 PM	#21
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: 65 GMC custom steering wheel color So did many of the '60-'64 Chevy C20 trucks. I have had a few with the floor-mounted e-brake, similar to the big iron.

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