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Re: [T3] Stock Steering Wheel typ III - 1971


On 25 Jun 2003 at 14:27, Michael Jekot wrote:

> Okay...  I had no idea that the steering wheel in question (see subject
> line) was so rare.  I've called several folks (suppliers) and even a company
> advertising restoration of VW steering wheels.

While 71 may well have been one of our best years, it was also a transision 
year, so that many parts are unique to a 71. The horn circuit changed in 71, 
but that was also the last year for the 2-spoke steering wheel. I'm pretty sure 
that you could fit a later 4-spoke wheel, and a 71 beetle wheel is also 
probably exactly the same as ours. Earliers wheels would not have the 
electrical contact for the horn that your 71 would require.

I've parted out two 71s so I probably have a wheel here, but it won't be 
perfect and is probably cracked, but I'm pretty sure that none of mine have 
ever been so bad that the steel "skeleton" showed.

Let me know if you're interested in one of them and I'll take a look.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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