Original Personal Wood Steering Wheel Restoration

**RossoGTV4Me** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-24-2005, 05:19 PM

Anyone know of a shop in LA that can restore the original Personal Wood Sterring Wheel found in the 70's era GTV's and Spiders?
I want to keep teh original as the cars s/n is actully etched on teh back of the wheel. After 33 years the wheel needs to be restored to it's original luster. Any leads would be greatly appreciated!!

Keyspider · #2 (**permalink**) 10-24-2005, 05:56 PM

There is a thread on doing it yourself....
I am doing it that way myself... I will post pics and steps when I am done!

darth dino · #3 (**permalink**) 10-24-2005, 05:59 PM

by LA, do you mean Los Angeles, or Louisiana ? not that i can answer your question though. I can tell you that it probably wont be inexpensive. I ended up restoring mine myself, and it was ALOT of time and effort fixing the cracks and discolorations!!!!

I believe there are shops advertising in Hemmings Motor News that restore steering wheels.

Are matching numbers on the steering wheel that important for collector value

I believe brand spankin' new ones can be obtained through Re-Originals, but they are over US$1000, IF i remember correctly.

**RossoGTV4Me** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2005, 07:32 PM

I wish I had the time and skill to do it myself. Unfortunaly, i need to find a professional to handle this job. Yes, I am in Los Angeles. I was thinking of finding a Marine shop that does work on older boats. Not sure though. The Hemmings ideas is good, it would be nice if someone had a positive expereince from one and a refereal. Since my father was the original owner and bought new in 73", I want to keep the car as original as possible. I recently discoveres the s/n etching on teh back of the wheel, and realized that was so neat of Alfa to do. I believe we have all ralized that the wood is a Mahogony. If anyone has pictures of their restored wheels please post them. It would be really nice to try and match all teh wood in the car to be the same color. After all these years, teh wood on the dash seems to have lightened a bit, propably due to the sun exposure. I know that all the personal wood wheels Alfa installed were all slightly differen't in color. It seesm thought they were after a darker look though. The metal Y spoke also needs to be cleaned re-lusterd back to life. Hopefully that will not be to difficult.