danno 128 Report post Posted April 14, 2011 I thought of passing on what I thought was a good discovery. My 69 vert had a deluxe steering wheel, that large wood grain thing. It was worn in a few places, so instead of spending bug bucks to repair it I decided to see what the salvage yards had that could work. What I found was the wheel from a 1980's vintage Ford Truck, and I am amazed at how perfectly it worked in my 69. It is smaller diameter, which I wanted, and the nice soft leather grip. The diameter of the plastic where it meets with the shaft is also a perfect match. Even the camera case texture of the plastic is the same as in 69. The only problem was the rings for the horn connection. I had to do a mod and use the rings from my old wheel in the new one, but I got it to work. On top of all that, I also got the cruise control working, with the controls on the steering wheel as shown. More on that in a different thread. I can discuss more on how I did it, if anyone is interested. Danno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jholmes217 65 Report post Posted April 14, 2011 Wow! That looks like the factory put that in back in 1969! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzzar 22 Report post Posted April 15, 2011 I'm using the same wheel, leather wrapped but not with cruise control, I put my cruise control on the turn signal stalk. These are definitely a nice wheel. I think I paid $15 or $20 bucks for mine at the local pick-n-pull. Here' a pic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
72Pstroke 10 Report post Posted April 15, 2011 The wheels look great! What cruise control are you guys using? Tim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danno 128 Report post Posted April 15, 2011 Tim I am using the factory cruise control from the same truck I got the wheel from. The junk yard let me have it all for $30. The cruise took a little work, but it now works great. Dan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
