1948-1949 commodore steering wheel

Comm6
Comm6 Expert Adviser
edited September 2013 in HUDSON
Hi if anyone has a steering wheel that is in good condition please let me know mine is cracked and missing chunks out of it thanks.

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  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    Comm6, love the paint work on your car. I did a 50 in this pattern. Hatted to sell it....
    I used the 2012 Camaro Red (Prismatic Metalic) and the 2012 Cadillac White (metallic and Pearl).
    Remains one of my favorite paint jobs to this day....

    Also, you can take a good grade of epoxy filler and patch the cracks and gaps in your wheel and then paint it. I recently did this with my 54 Wheel.
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    BROWNIE NICE JOB ON THE WHEEL IT LOOKS REAL NICE WHERE DOD YOU GET THE MOLD FOR THE WHEEL AT ?
  • Comm6
    Comm6 Expert Adviser
    Thanks for the input... I have an Eastwood repair kit any pointers on how to do it Brownie, urs looks very nice both steering wheel and ur car. The colors I went with are Garnet red GM color solid no metallic and Harvest moon Volkswagen color again solid no metallics or pearls. I am almost done on my resto..
  • Comm6
    Comm6 Expert Adviser
    My steering wheel has seen better days im missing a big chunk off mine do not know if that is even repairable with the kit I have.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    From my experience, that one is not worth repairing with Epoxy. It really needs to be recast. The epoxy works best with the normal shrinkage cracks and gaps up to about 1/4" or so.
  • Hudson Grandpa
    Hudson Grandpa Expert Adviser
    Heres my new, old wheel. Got it off a 54 parts car. Watched UTube on how to do it. KS Epoxy. Gaps more than 1/4" don't recommend tackling it.
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    I am with Russell on this wheel. Mine had some cracks and one 1/8 inch shrink crack and I used epoxy on it. Yours would not work that way. I would go with a recast or replacement.
  • Comm6
    Comm6 Expert Adviser
    Kinda sucks because it was not that bad but just deteriorated when it was at the shop and car was not running till a few months ago this was the steering wheel before
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Comm6-

    Yep, it does suck! But, for what little consolation it might be, if it hadn't done it at the shop, it would have done it once you really started handling it (by driving it, that is), and you would have to address the problem sooner or later.
  • Ducor Kid
    Ducor Kid Expert Adviser
    Comm6,
    Quick question what year is the GM Garnet Red you used?

    Thanks,
    Larry
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