As Lawrie points out, 67 GTs did have a Special Edition option. You should
look it up and see if they had a wheel that matches yours. I think there's a
page on the NAMGBR site devoted to them.
But if roadsters did, nothing is known about it. I was just saying that
Patton had no evidence one way or the other, other than that the wheel
"looked old" -- and a lot of us can say the same thing.
I should post a photo of mine, so you can see the "well worn" condition. And
it also uses the original center push -- they do that because the
aftermarket manufacturers didn't want to be responsible for creating and
stocking dozens of different marque badges, and different types of horn
switch connections. It was simpler to just design the marque-specific hubs
to accept the factory center pieces.
on 3/6/02 10:39 AM, David Councill at dcouncil@imt.net wrote:
> I can't really say if this steering wheel came as a dealer option.
> Clausager does not show this steering wheel type. But with the center MG
> emblem, its well worn condition, and the appearance of another steering
> wheel like it on a 67B from another lister, I'm still leaning towards the
> theory that it was a dealer option. But I could be wrong.
>
> I was hoping someone else knew anything. My 67BGT appeared to be well
> maintained and originality was intact with the exception of the door
> mirrors which I hope to replace someday. Its not a bad steering wheel
> although I had to put a leather cover on it. I'd prefer a good wood
> steering wheel though.
>
> David
>
> At 10:10 AM 3/6/2002 -0800, Max Heim wrote:
>> Well, my 66 B came with an extremely well-broken-in wood-rim wheel, with
>> matching aluminum-with-wood-insert door pulls, but that does not mean they
>> were factory or dealer options. After all, the car was 22 years old (with
>> 139K miles) when I bought it. Just because your car was low mileage doesn't
>> mean a previous owner (maybe even the original owner) hadn't felt inspired
>> to personalize it. After all, I don't think anyone could tell the difference
>> between a 20-year-old steering wheel and one that was 22 years old...
>>
>> Thinking about it, it strikes me that a fancy wood rim steering wheel is
>> precisely the sort of thing that an affectionate spouse might buy their
>> newly-MG-besotted mate for a Christmas present (wildly speculating here)..
>
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