Leather steering wheel covers, Who has replaced theirs ? Options

[pgollender]

My COA said my 1970 came with "leather steering wheel covers"
Most of it is intact, but would like to see where members have turned to for restoration ?

[bradtho]

I've been in the same boat, but settled on restoring what I have for now. The Dallas shop clearly does a great job, high quality and they look super comfy, but they clearly aren't original looking anymore. Same for most re-wraps.

If you go searching on Alan Gunn, you'll see a lot of comments about the quality being low. but the price is pretty good. I haven't seen many pics.

I restitched mine several years ago to get by. Get waxed thread at a hobby shop. If there is any stitching left in yours you can use it as a guide to get the pattern right. be careful pulling, it needs to be tight but the old leather will rip pretty easy.

I've had some spots form on the leather where it's clearly aging poorly. I've taken to using sandpaper (150'ish grit to rough it up, then something super fine like 400-800 to finish it off). I figured I had nothing to lose and have been really happy with the results of that.

as an added bonus this keeps that wonderful leather patina intact. it's also clearly the CSOB solution!