Nice work. Is it leather or vinyl and how much did they charge you? I used to restitch wheels before by hand. It was getting hard finding anyone to supply leather scraps, haven't done one in years...
Steering wheel looks good hutch . Are you going to use an adapter with it?
Which adapter did you use? Getting ready to put a Grant on my truck. I have a 1st gen, another thread said kit #3390.
3390 is the adaptor, you also need a hub that spaces the wheel away from the column for clearance for the turn signal stalk / wiper stalk on later trucks. I have that model wheel with the hub on Geronimo, and he is an 1980 - been on him since 1983. Wore out 2 copper horn rings on the adaptor - made new ones using a hole saw and a blank copper circuit board. Use spark plug boot silicone grease on the copper horn ring to prevent the copper from wearing from the contact rubbing when driving.
Pennyman1
The best Dodge that Dodge never made
Living the D-50 lifestyle since 1980
Pennyman1
The best Dodge that Dodge never made
Living the D-50 lifestyle since 1980
Hey hutch nice wheel, but a little pricey?. I ordered the red suede leather one from Jegs that looked very similar to that and there was a long wait since Grant was behind schedule on them. So, I cancelled and made a re-order on another wheel.
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The above adapter comes with 2 black column housings for a large and small diameter column. It also comes with an extra horn button adapter plate for those old huge chrome horn buttons. The adapter was a bit tight when put onto splines of the steering shaft, so I imagine I will need a puller to remove it if I ever have to.
Grant Wheel adapters information
http://www.mightyram50.net/vbulletin...+wheel+adapter
Last edited by BradMph; 04-05-2016 at 11:17 PM.
Yes, but I had the Grant suede before. Great looking wheel, look at some other of my previous pictures.
It had absolutely no grip. My hands would just slide on the wheel.
I know it's pricey but it's custom ordered to my specs and uses real genuine leather. Everything these days are vinyl.
If we bought one made with real leather we will pay a good amount of money.
I kinda look at is a bargain.
Last edited by hutch; 04-06-2016 at 08:07 AM.
Ya, Grant did use a lot more leather in the day. I agree with you on the vinyl issue also. They are definitely making more with that stuff. The one thing I am not happy with on a vinyl wheel is that you can feel the seems where the mold was pieced together and poured. I will probably wrap the wheel with a soft leather cover when I locate one I like.
Your wheel really looks well done though, I must say they did an excellent job. I hope it last for you.
He has done two other wheels for me.
You guys can check out some of his work. I have no affiliation.
http://www.dallassteeringwheel.com/
Last edited by hutch; 04-07-2016 at 12:00 PM.
See that 4 wheel steering car posted on the site, I wonder if it is show or does it help make it go? Looks sort of exotic.
New steering wheel in the car. I also installed a new stereo tape deck. The stock speakers have really come alive.
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A Hutch, you old school? Cassette deck just brought that to mind. New wheel looks wheely wheely nice too!
You and me both on the cell phone thing.
Your dash looks very similar to mine also. I inlaid some wood veneer, but will be changing it to carbon fiber this week.
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Your post shows an edit by me cause I accidentally responded in your post by mistake, doh!
Moderator oops!
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