<VV> LM Wood Grain Steering Wheel

airvair airvair at richnet.net
Sat Sep 2 12:45:00 EDT 2006


Check in Hemmings or Eastwood. There are people in the business of
restoring woodgrain plastic steering wheels, and Eastwood might just
have a do-it-yourself kit.

-Mark

HallGrenn at aol.com wrote:
> 
> I would like to restore my cracked '65 wood grain steering wheal.  I  plan on
> cleaning up the exposed metal rod, painting it and filling the gaps with  an
> epoxy mixture that has been dyed to match the rest of the wheel.  Is  this a
> good way to go.  I've seen several different examples of repair,  some better
> than others, but have no idea what the problems may be.   Assuming I keep the
> car covered or in a garage should I expect to see a lot more  shrinkage of the
> original material?
> 
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
> '64 Greenbrier
> '65 Corsa
> 2 '68 Monzas
>



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