[FC] Steering Wheel & Moving a car

[Bryan Blackwell]

We are wandering a bit away from the question, perhaps, but I hope this will help a bit.  Our '64 GB has what I'm told is a stock Deluxe steering wheel (it's a Deluxe).  I'm also told it's the same as a '63 car Deluxe wheel.  I just measured it, and it's 16" in diameter.  Hope that helps.

--Bryan

On Sep 8, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Rad Davis wrote:

> 1.  It really shouldn't be any smaller than the stock standard wheel, 
> especially if you're considering tires any wider than the stock 7".  
> Lack of power steering in a 3/4 ton truck requires a certain minimum 
> amount of leverage.  Sooner or later you will have to back and fill on 
> hot pavement, parallel park with a loaded vehicle, or some other 
> evolution that will require all the effort you can muster.  The smallest 
> diameter I would consider would be the '64 deluxe steering wheel, which 
> probably does allow a little more room for thighs and a belly because of 
> its more prominent dish.  I'm guessing that wheel is a generic GM part 
> from something else, so be sure to cross the part number, rather than 
> waiting for a '64 deluxe Greenbrier wheel to appear -they're not a lot 
> commoner than '65 'brier horn rings.