Take a look as I attempt to make the steering wheel look a little better. The cracks and splits in it will not improve the driving experience.
Take a look as I attempt to make the steering wheel look a little better. The cracks and splits in it will not improve the driving experience.
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Your wife rocks mine would just bitch about the mess
Turned out nice. The $64 question is… what’s the latest on the motor?
Can’t wait to see you actually being able to drive the car.
The best way that I found to fixing old steering wheels is with fiberglass.
It’s messy. But it works good. All you do is dip cotton string into
fiberglass resin. Take a thin paint brush and push a little bit of the
resin into the crack. Wrap the string inside the crack. Keep wrapping till
the crack is full of resin and string. Come up a little above the crack
with the string. Let it dry,sand it down. It will never come out. Take your
time sanding it so it will look sooth. Me, I paint steering wheels with an
oil base paint. It will layer up better and is more durable. After the
paint,about 10 coats of clear shellac. I know you said this was going to be
a driver. But if you ever want to fix another wheel, try this.
Looks great for a low budget spruce up
About 30 years ago I restored a wheel using Marine-Tex which worked a
treat. This was before Dremel tools, or at least before I could afford
one. I beveled the large cracks using a hacksaw blade, filled them in and
because I was still a broke kid I spent time using care with the epoxy so
that there would not be much extra and sanded with a fine grit because that
was all I had. It turned out beautiful and once painted was seamless.
I have to admit, I had my doubts at the start of the video. But seeing it
installed, I mean, dang! Looks awesome up against the cleaned up dash!
Those steering wheels were actually made of colored bakelite, which I still
prefer over any plastic. The plastic craze didn’t take off til the 60’s,
yet bakelite was still used for most steering wheels thru the early 70’s,
and thru the 80’s on buses and big rigs.
looks great ben ! , just keep giving it more love and u will have a dam
nice driver , thanks for keeping us up to date
Nice job Ben. I really like the idea of just making a presentable driver
out of a car as you do. When it gets too perfect you fear driving and
parking it somewhere. This a car that will just be a lot of fun to take
anywhere. That’s so great that your wife participates in your hobby. I can
see she enjoys it too!
Joe
Looks good Ben. Now that you’ve done it once you’ve got a better idea of
what it takes.
That was a rough wheel! Mine is pretty pristine comparatively. Good job
Buddy. I like how your wife was all involved too. You’ve got a great car
there!
Great job so far,Anything worth Having is Worth Doing..
looks very good Ben! a whole lot better than it started out! great job!
Good job, glad to see that your wife helped! 🙂
vite vite la suite bravo a toi pour cette restauration
“labor of love”!
Love those old Bakelite steering wheels
Nice job!
Wifey’s helping cool!