[DeTomaso] Steering wheel values?

[Charles Engles]

Dear Joe,


              Yes, that was my experience with my two Pantera L wheels in
the late eighties-early nineties.  That is the bad news.  That vinyl plastic
formula does not tolerate exposure to air for very long.

              That being the case, IIRC one of our Scandinavian owners had a
clever way to, umm, improve the remaining steering wheel with a relatively
simple modification that concealed the unaesthetic central hub of the
steering wheel.  Anybody else recall that with more clarity than I do?


                           Warmest regards, Chuck Engles




-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Joseph F.
Byrd, Jr.
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 7:12 PM
To: 'Michael Shortt'
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering wheel values?

My experience with center pad.  

I put the steering wheel with a good pad in non temperature controlled
storage in the mid 1980's.  the pad "look" good when I lifted the wheel out
of the box a couple years ago, BUT when I grabbed the pad it completely
disintegrated!  I mean there was no piece bigger than 00 shot on the floor.

Joe/NC    

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Shortt
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 19:41 PM
To: Rob Dumoulin
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering wheel values?

Having recently sold a bunch of nos parts, of all the people I talked to,
literally over 150, not a single request for original (Capri) steering
wheel. The center pad is prone to basically falling apart, early plastic
formula I guess, it dries out, warps and falls apart.
Now if you had an early 2 spoke wheel with the Ghia logo, you could almost
name a stupid price and get it.
Personally, they are four spaces to the left of ugly to me and cheapen the
look of the interior of the car.
Now having said that, if I had a bone stock, concours worthy car, I'd want
it and would pray nightly to find a NOS pad section.

Michael Shortt
On Nov 21, 2015 4:32 PM, "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

>    I gave mine away years ago to somebody on this list. If they sold it
>    for $600, somebody owes me at least bottle of good bourbon.
>
>    On Nov 21, 2015 1:35 PM, "Charles McCall" <[1]charlesmccall at gmail.com>
>    wrote:
>
>      A  A Has anyone sold a stock steering wheel recently or does anyone
>      have a
>      A  A good guess as to value? The center pad is missing, and it came
>      off a
>      A  A '72 pre-L.
>      A  A There are 2 on e-bay right now in a similar condition with
>      asking
>      A  A prices of $600 and $250. But asking prices and sale prices
>      areA  2
>      A  A different things...
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