a friend of mine just found this 42cm steering wheel+batwing in his stash and noticed that the wooden rim is 2-3 mm thicker than a standard wheel(he has several to compare)
the spokes are steel and 64 is stamped in the steel core not the hub.the batwing is also an oddball..the wallthickness appears to be slighly thinner and therefore the hole thing is pretty fragile
anyone any idea where this could have come off...
Last edited by moito; 09-14-2022 at 07:53 AM.
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this is a dead link RichardOriginally Posted by preS
I have previously posted here this factory prototype wheel that I obtained in 2015 from a former Porsche design shop engineer. He said that circa 1970 he was given two of them by a friend, also a Porsche design engineer, and he used them as wall art for years. The diameter is 420 mm, the wood rim is definitely thicker than normal measuring 21 mm, and is a blond mahogany; there is no stripe. The spokes are steel. As I recall, there are no numbers that I would call a "date code". His only recollection was it was "an early 911 steering wheel". Top photo is as obtained; bottom photo is after restoration by Bruce Crawford.
Last edited by raspritz; 09-14-2022 at 08:37 AM.
Rich Spritz
1959 BMC Huffaker Mk1 Formula Junior racecar
1967 Porsche 911 racecar
1969 Porsche 911T
1970 Winkelmann WDF2 Formula Ford racecar
1973 Merlyn Mk24 Formula Ford racecar
2007 Porsche 997C4 cab (totaled by an idiot running a stop sign)
2014 Porsche 991 TurboS cab
2019 Cayman GTS (wife's)
Try Wood wheels (iron), 18 and 20 mm??
A thread should come up from 1-17-2010
Richard
searching for engine (case) 903742
thanks Richard ..found it
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...29%2C+mm%3F%3F
i now at least know my buddys wheel is not a unicorn. anyone else out there to support the MY68 theory?
will post a foto of how and where to measure asap
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