Steve Shoyer wrote:
>
> I saw an ad in "MG Enthusiast" magazine for an RV8 leather steering wheel
> to fit MGBs. There were two models: one for MGBs up to 1976, and one for
> MGBs from 1977 with horn on column switch. Does that mean that earlier
> MGBs had the horn in the middle of the steering wheel, and if so, would
> putting an earlier wheel on a 1980 MGB allow me to move (or at least
> duplicate) the horn switch to the wheel?
>
> There are also a couple of hard tops shown; I don't know what the shipping
> cost from the UK to the US would be, but the price of the top is less than
> any I've seen over here. Different style, too.
>
> The ad is for Brown & Gammons on page 59 of the April issue.
>
> --Steve (1980 MGB)
If you fit the earlier wheel to the later column I think you would need to
duplicate the
sprung contact fitted to the earlier column that connects to the horn contact
ring on the
back of the wheel.
PaulH
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