QUOTE(mepstein @ Mar 15 2021, 04:54 AM)
QUOTE(davehg @ Mar 15 2021, 12:11 AM)
Will this fit a 70-71 -4 car? I thought their was a difference in the later wheels?
It will fit with an early plastic hub. The splines are the same though the backside of an early hub is flat and not chamfered so the fit isn't 100% perfect.
This wheel doesn't really have stitching or leatherette. It's moulded foam.
Look again Mark - it does have stitching, but it has the wear holes of plastic at spots because it's a poly-vinyl wrap.
The date stamp is 12/73, which is 1st half 74 MY - & 74 was when they switched to fake leather "Leatherette" wrapped option steering wheels for 74-76 as part of the many steps to keep the cost & price down as the W. German Mark escalated against the dollar, causing German car prices to skyrocket 73-80.
Other cost saving steps were black plastic door sills, thinner leatherette upholstery with heat seamed seat/back inserts (instead of the 70-73 stiched inserts), plastic gauge faces & VW's inane single light TS indicator at the Tach - and making just about everything optional at extra cost, in order to keep the base prices as low as possible against their UK & USA competitors.
During 72 - 80 the Corvette cost less than even a base model 914/4 1.7L/1.8L - as my Vette loving Uncle continually pointed out to me back when I got my `73 914-2.0 fully optioned "914S" used for $4500 in `75, that: "You coulda gotten a nice used 'Vette for the price of that little Porsche 4 cylinder!"
This looks like a pretty good condition original 74-76 option Leatherette wrapped steering wheel, which should fit 73 MY too IIRC on the 73 hub.
GLWTS &
Cheers!
Tom
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