Just to be clear, a white or W/B car with black interior would have black
piping?
I have a wood-rimmed steering wheel on my BJ8. It's very timeworn and was on
the car when I bought it 30 years ago. By
all appearances it appears to be an original Derrington. However, it's mounted
'Mercedes style,' with one spoke
pointing up. This way, both the speedo and tach are easily visible when
driving in a straight line (it always seemed
to me this should be the correct mounting).
Bob
On 5/1/2013 10:04 PM, editorgary@aol.com wrote:
> Another period aftermarket item that is accepted without deduction is a
> wood-rimmed steering wheel, provided it is a correct diameter (15 or 16 inch)
> and has spokes at 120 degree angles from one another, mounted with one spoke
> pointing down. I almost regret that we put in this exception, since it has
> meant that many otherwise fine original cars have dumped the lovely, graceful
> original wheel just because it wasn't as comfortable to drive with, wasn't
> particularly ergonomic, and is blessedly hard to restore in any lasting
> manner.
> But the original blueprints are VERY specific regarding the correct color of
> piping with each color of interior for each color of car, and there's no
> reason in the world to get it wrong.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> Gary Anderson
> Editor-at-large, Austin-Healey Magazine
> Registrar, Austin-Healey Concours Registry
> Co-founder, AHCR
>
>
>
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