Sorting out a steering wheel and am going to attempt to make the factory mgb one that I have smaller ( the rubber on it is worn out so I have cut it off and its just a ring of steel around the 3 spokes.
I have not desided as to which way to go yet but will be one of two methoods. Either bend a new ring around it flat or tube steel) after cutting the spokes down and either wrapping it in leather strip or turn a 2 wood halfs for the wheel and glue them together.
Has anyone bothered to try this or am I wasting my time.
I am trying to use as much of the mgb parts as the car will be registered as a mgb hot rod.
Dale

steering wheels, interesting.

If it were me, I would make it so it would give way in a crash; the round tube sounds like it would be too strong.

So cut a disc in steel sheet (3 or 4 mm?); and the same in wood then shape it so it is half round, poplished and varnished.


The forces on the steering wheel are twisty type not push/pull.

Managed to finally get around to it. The wheel rim looks like around 3/16 by 1/2 bar stock bent to a circle and tacked to the 3 spokes. The spokes would easily bend in an acident. What your your preferences for driving D shaped wheel or round. Either is possible to do and I figure around an 11 inche wheel should give me a bit more room.
Dale
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What your your preferences for driving D shaped wheel or round.

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The rim shape. The wheel is dished about an inch or so at the moment- may increase that just a bit.
I am in Ontario Canada so no sva.
Just a basic safety check - brakes lights ect. In and out in half an hour.

Dale