smaller original steering wheel

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  1. bowtiesr4me

    bowtiesr4me Member

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    Guys ,
    I have the original 18" steering wheel on my '48 w/P/S but I would like to keep the spoke part of the wheel and just cut the rim down to about 16". Anybody ever done that? I have a 16" Silverado wheel/rim cut off of the wheel spoke and was gonna try to weld it to my original wheel spoke cut down then somehow puddy the 16" rim and paint it.:confused:
    Might have to cover it up with some type of leather wrap but would like to keep the originality of the stock wheel, just not so big round. Even with P/S the big wheel makes it hard to manuver round. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!!

    Thanx,
    Mike
     
    bowtiesr4me, Nov 2, 2011
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  2. ol' chebby

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    Some people fix wheels with JB Weld.....

    There is an epoxy product for steering wheel repair, but I have never tried it.
     
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  4. bowtiesr4me

    bowtiesr4me Member

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    Lakeroadster,
    The Foose way is great but I cheeted and cut a smaller wheel down. Hopefully that will work.
    Thanx for the show, I missed that one.

    ol' chebby,
    I have used JB and regular bondo, it seems to work just as well. Thanx for the tip.
     
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  5. Lakeroadster

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    That's not cheating... that's usin' the ole noggin... old school style. ;)
     
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  6. federale

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    Re: Smaller Wheel

    Might it be possible to fit the entire car steering wheel off a 53-54? I'll bet it would look great!
     
    federale, Nov 4, 2011
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  7. bigtimjamestown

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    There are vendors out there that have a smaller version of the stock wheel. I've seen them at some of the car shows but I'm not sure who makes them....
     
    bigtimjamestown, Nov 5, 2011
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  8. bowtiesr4me

    bowtiesr4me Member

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    Yes federale,
    a '53-'54 would look great cause they usually have the horn ring and nice bowtie in the center but they are only bout 1" smaller. (and they arn't cheep)
    I even had a premo SS 62 impala 2 tone wheel that would look great but the dish is deep and its on another truck now.
    I guess thats why I wanted to try and install a smaller ring cause the wheel is flat (no dish) and just bought a new/old horn button , i would like to use it.

    I'll figure out some way..........;)like Lakeroaster said"thats old skool"

    bigtim,
    I didn't want to take out a 2nd morgage to buy a steering wheel:D
    so far my truck is 99.9%PD 4,and i need to use up some of the x-tra parts left over that i bought during the years:)
     
    bowtiesr4me, Nov 6, 2011
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