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Thread: Original vs. Repro 901 Shift Knobs

  1. 02-02-2016, 08:29 AM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeunElf View Post
    Yep, Bakelite is a type of plastic, a phenolic. The old shift knobs might also have been Ebonite (a hard vulcanized rubber). I can't personally verify that 912 steering wheels were actually made with ebonite but several sources say they were.
    I rechecked the parts catalogs and Porsche describes some of the steering wheels as "hard rubber."
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