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Re-covering Steering Wheel, Were all steering wheels covered in leather? |
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Feb 16 2015, 07:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 15-September 14 From: Illinois Member No.: 17,905 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
The steering wheel in my '73 2.0 914 does not have leather covering around the rim like most of the pictures I see; I assume it had been stripped off at some point. Were all steering wheels leather covered? Any suggestions on sending it out to get recovered?
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Cuda911 |
Feb 16 2015, 07:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
The leather wrapping was an option, I believe dealer-installed.
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mepstein |
Feb 16 2015, 08:07 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,271 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
You can tell what it was by the part number. Should be something like 914 347 804 11. Post it here and we'll figure it out.
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Nozzle |
Feb 16 2015, 08:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 6-November 08 From: Lexington Park, Maryland Member No.: 9,725 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I believe that all Appearance Package equipped 2.0 cars in 1973 came with leather covered steering wheels. My original wheel degraded from the sun at the top of the wheel facing the windshield and was replaced with a standard plastic wheel that came with non-Appearance Package cars. My original wheel is still awaiting my interior refresh and I understand several folks will recover the wheels for something in the neighborhood of $200. Some of them that I've found on the internet are:
http://www.aglausa.com/ http://www.dallassteeringwheel.com/index.htm Hope that helps. |
mepstein |
Feb 16 2015, 08:29 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,271 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I believe that all Appearance Package equipped 2.0 cars in 1973 came with leather covered steering wheels. My original wheel degraded from the sun at the top of the wheel facing the windshield and was replaced with a standard plastic wheel that came with non-Appearance Package cars. My original wheel is still awaiting my interior refresh and I understand several folks will recover the wheels for something in the neighborhood of $200. Some of them that I've found on the internet are: http://www.aglausa.com/ http://www.dallassteeringwheel.com/index.htm Hope that helps. Dallas charges about $320 -400 and does a great job. I would not trust agla. You will not fiind anyone who charges $200. |
Mike Fitton |
Feb 16 2015, 08:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-May 11 From: Chicago Area Member No.: 13,069 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I believe that all Appearance Package equipped 2.0 cars in 1973 came with leather covered steering wheels. My original wheel degraded from the sun at the top of the wheel facing the windshield and was replaced with a standard plastic wheel that came with non-Appearance Package cars. My original wheel is still awaiting my interior refresh and I understand several folks will recover the wheels for something in the neighborhood of $200. Some of them that I've found on the internet are: http://www.aglausa.com/ http://www.dallassteeringwheel.com/index.htm Hope that helps. Dallas charges about $320 -400 and does a great job. I would not trust agla. You will not fiind anyone who charges $200. +1 on Dallas Custom Steering Wheels, I have 2 being recovered right now! Single wrap like original $349 double wrap like GT/RS version $379, Don is the best. Turnaround is 3 to 4 days. |
warrenoliver |
Feb 16 2015, 09:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 363 Joined: 11-November 06 From: McFarland, Wisconsin Member No.: 7,199 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
+1 on Dallas Custom Steering Wheels, I have 2 being recovered right now! Single wrap like original $349 double wrap like GT/RS version $379, Don is the best. Turnaround is 3 to 4 days. [/quote] +2 on Dallas Custom. Had mine done a couple of years ago. Great quality (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) |
Tom_T |
Feb 17 2015, 12:27 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
I believe that all Appearance Package equipped 2.0 cars in 1973 came with leather covered steering wheels. My original wheel degraded from the sun at the top of the wheel facing the windshield and was replaced with a standard plastic wheel that came with non-Appearance Package cars. My original wheel is still awaiting my interior refresh and I understand several folks will recover the wheels for something in the neighborhood of $200. Some of them that I've found on the internet are: http://www.aglausa.com/ http://www.dallassteeringwheel.com/index.htm Hope that helps. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) And there is a group who has a booth at the SoCal Porsche Swap Meet every year, but I don't recall their company name. IIRC Autos International uses them to do the steering wheels too. Hopefully somebody else can chime in with the name, since I'm brain dead right now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Also, the leather wrapped steering wheel was not dealer installed - although a dealer could swap one from another car or add one from stock. They were a factory option - either as part of the Appearance (Comfort) Group of options as noted above (most common) - but also as a single stand alone option if so ordered. Also anyone could swap in a leather one after the fact, or get a plain wheel leather wrapped by one of the shops who did that type of work, since even the factory ones were the same under the leather. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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