Waldegard Steering Wheel

[Guy Mayers]

I'd ask a question or two of the seller before spending that sort of money on it. It'd be a shame to buy it and find it's the wrong diameter? At the price they are asking it may be around a while? If it's not far off it could be a useful pattern for a tool? The spokes look it's fabricated rather than pressed?

Chrome handbrake lever too?

Guy

That's a good find Guy, that would be a spot on steering wheel as it's almost a perfect match to this very well know car .



Get it retrimmed to match and I would have thought the long spoke trim would cover the two outer most holes leaving just the single inner hole visable.

It's a good start anyway, not sure how rare they are.

Vince.

[davehanman]

Cheers guys. We think Waldegard used a special one without the holes that somehow better suited him - maybe for safety reasons.

The photo that Vince posted is the same car, different driver, it's Robin Ulyate's number 6 1977 Safari car.

[ProtoTipo]

As Guy says, the Miura wheel is too large in diameter.

Quite a few of the Ferrero wheels had that six bolt fitting ring in the centre. I know the photo of the Waldergard car doesn't, but it could be used to disguise a Monte MOMO wheel, and to have the bolts on the larger circle and in between each of the existing holes?

I think some early Integrales had a similar three spoke steering wheel to the MOMO Monte one.

[ProtoTipo]

It looks like the bend in the spokes is on a straight line.
So it would be much easier to make one up than (for example) it would be for the 4 spoke Stradale wheel.
I remember Gerry said the four spoke one needed some tooling because the bend for the dish is on a radius.

The two spoke Ferrero wheels also have a bend on a straight line, so they could possible be cut and formed too. The two spokes do tend to come up for sale much more often than the others though. When I say 'often', I mean twice a year!

[davehanman]

The bend is curved, looking at the lower spoke

david

[ProtoTipo]

The bend is curved, looking at the lower spoke

david

Yes, I think you might be right.
The radius should be the same as the Stradale Ferrero, so I wonder what Gerry's tooling consists of?

[Guy Mayers]

Still not the right one and yet even more expensive..

http://www.ebay.de/itm/VW-Kafer-Ferr...item51966c21e0

Guy

[ProtoTipo]

Still not the right one and yet even more expensive..

http://www.ebay.de/itm/VW-Kafer-Ferr...item51966c21e0

Guy

That's the same as a Miura wheel. 'Looks like the seller doesn't realise that, but knows it's rare?

[davehanman]

That looks very similar to the 1977 Safari wheel. Could probably be used for a 1977 car. Hopefully something will come up without the holes in the spokes !

Thanks for your help, let's keep looking !!

[tomsredstratos]

Is this the one you are looking for.
It is only on the RHD Lamborghini Urraco. LHD ones are very different.
If you think it is close we have some cars in storage I could measure etc.

Tom.