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)
This steering wheel has been discussed in a few threads here and elsewhere. It is a bona fide Porsche factory design prototype from the late 1960s that didn’t make the cut; probably 1 of 1. At 40 cm diameter, it feels a bit like driving a bus. Even Porsche made mistakes! For a couple of decades it hung along with another on the wall of a former Porsche factory design engineer as “art”. I’d love to see the other one he had!
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)
What really strikes me as unusual about that steering wheel is the thickness of the rim. It also lacks the dark stripe of the standard wheel.
If you think a 400 mm wheel is like driving a bus, the standard wheel is 425 mm and the wheel in my split-windshield microbus is 450 mm.
Jim Alton
Torrance, CA
Early 911S Registry # 237
1965 Porsche 911 coupe
1958 Porsche 356A cabriolet
Right. No stripe, and the thickness of the wood is 'fat' at 22 mm.
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)
Thanks for providing so much information to this forum Jon
Last edited by John912; 06-30-2020 at 03:49 AM.
John Schiavone
Connecticut
356 Cab, 66 911, 914-6, 550-Beck, 981 Cayman, 54 MV Agusta Dustbid
PM sent to the OP.
Thanks,
Bert Jayasekera
1970 911T - Tangerine Orange
Early 911S Registry #494
R Gruppe #167
Is there any way to fit a threaded knob to a "crush type" shift lever without threads? Thx
'67 911 SWT - 500634