Steering Wheel

[Donald Bell]

Hi all: – my first posting!

We all suffer from degraded/damaged or otherwise unusable Tiger steering wheels. I’ve been out of touch with the Tiger community, even though I’ve owned my MkII, off and on since 1968. I’ve nearly completed building jigs, etc. to redo the wooden rim for my Tiger (I’ve got four damaged wheels to rebuild) – my glue-up is complete. My question is there a process for recasting/restoring the bake-a-lite hub?

[John and Laurie and Laurie Logan]

You might want to email my father, John Logan. He did a tech tip a while back about repairing one. You can reach him at Carmods@aol.com.
John

[Donald Bell]

Thanks – I’ll post what I learn

[Anonymous]

I was working on a posting of Joe Parlanti’s article about steering wheel repair (originally published as two articles in the Rootes Review – Vol. 33, No. 5, May 2007 and Vol 33, No. 6, June 2007) Then I sort of forgot to finish. Please check it out here: https://www.teae.org/cars/how-to-restore-your-alp … ing-wheel/

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[Donald Bell]

I’m nearing the final steps on crafting my replacement rim for my Mk II Tiger.

Now the sixty-four dollar question – How dark was the mahogany from the Factory? With the amount of inherent dark oxidation on my three original less than perfect examples it is hard to tell. After removing the varnishes, I’m left with a non-descript grey/light brown. I’m using African Mahogany which starts out quite light in color, although I have some much darker, and heavier stock as well (much higher silica content, much like Brazilian/South American Mahogany – dulls router bits and burns the wood).

Don

[0neoffive]

Re-casting the hub and excellent wood work being done by Chris Reed in CO. I’ve had happy customers using his talents. No affiliation; just recommended. creedo@ix.netcom.com

[Donald Bell]

Good morning Viet Nam, oops – I meant Oneoffive:

I tried the email address for Chris Reed and it bounced back; got any other contact info?

Thanks

[0neoffive]

hauliboy@gmail.com Forgot that he updated his mail. As to the "Good morning RVN" : Yes, I did hear that nasty alarm in real time many hot & rainy mornings . . . . . . . .(Cu Chi, RVN 16 months 66 thru 67)

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