Is this a decent Steering Wheel? (Pic)

This was on my '63 and I will be converting to the original Steering wheel. It was made by Superior Performance Products and is called the "500". It has a couple of wood chunks chipped out but a decent woodworker could easily refurbish......

I'd say it would be considered a low-quality, period piece.

Yep. The seams in the wood are a dead giveaway that its not of particularly good quality, as are the changes of direction in the grain. May get $25 on Ebay though?

IT's free for the shipping costs.....

Those wheels were still avalible at most auto parts stores well into the mid to late 90's.... as of the late 90's the retail price (without adapter) was $29.99 (adapter was an extra $6.99)

I see alot of those wheels at the "old car" swap-meets priced at around $8 to $12 bucks

Michael

Garage wall art, I'm afraid!

Watch you don't get a finger caught in those holes!

I'll probably piss someone off for pointing this out, but... the best wood steering wheel in the world is still dangerous in an accident. I wouldn't have one. I believe they're not allowed in most racing classes. Nothing says "low performance" like a wood steering wheel, except maybe narrow spoked wheels.

OEM steering wheels (starting when? Late 60's or early 70's?) are designed to deform if your chest hits them hard enough. At least non-wood aftermarket steering wheels don't make sharp splinters.

sand it a bit and fill the notches with plastic wood and color to match, then make a wall clock out of it.

Not pissed, but that Les Leston wheel that was destroyed in the rollover car I had pictured a year or so ago collapsed quite nicelyin the wreck. There was no wood left at all on the outer rim, just the inner ring of metal.

My 65 came with one of those wheels on it, and I pretty much hated it. When it was humid it would get slippery. I ditched it for an original wheel, and when that one started self destructing, I changed it out for a "low performance" Les Leston wheel.

I guess I will hang my head in shame for having such a "low performance" item on my B'

I must be the "low-performance" type, beacause I am getting a Tourist Trophy wooden wheel someday. That means I won't be one of those guys you see pushing everyone around on the road:).

peace, Kyle

Go to Ebay and buy yourself a nice MOMO wheel,. many different flavors,..something for everyone. I just put a MOMO "street fighter " series in Zebrano Wood on my XJ6 Jag. Also have a MOMO Ghibli on my 73 MGB. Nice wheels,.. good strudy products.

It has a certain coolness to it, hadn't seen that mentioned yet.

Who was the fella here that refinished a steering wheel that I may have contributed to a bit here or there?

John who's that chap again?

Landon

Marc you have a PM

I always loved the Grant/Superior wheels over the Moto-Lita type for the fact they were made blocks of solid Walnut instead of the laminate. Actually in an accident this style would not splinter due to it's construction. If you hit hard enough to splinter the wheel enough to fatally stab you then you have many other much bigger issues injury wise in the car. If it did not have that chunk taken out of it, I would be very interested in the wheel. Good refinished wheels of this brand. are getting in excess of $100 on eBay. I would love to find another 16" diameter, thick rim Superior 500 wheel.

I wanted to get a MOMO but never could find an adapter for a '74 steering column. I have one in my pick-up and could have swapped 'em around if I wanted.

Don't forget that the original Lotus Elite, 6 times class winner at Le Mans, had a superb thin wood rimmed steering wheel, not a low performance car. If you have proper seat belts or a harness yopu won't contact the wheel.

Just a heads up...recently I purchased a Tourist Trophy steering wheel, along with adapter hub for my 70 GT (hub was actually by Moto-Lita for this application), at Brit-Tek for $209 TOTAL. They seem to still be running that price in the most recent flyer I received from them. Compared to all other places I have looked...I think that price is the best right now for the wheel/hub. I think they also had a wood wheel/hub combo for that price, but I purchased the leather wrapped version. I hope that helps someone out.

It is a Superior Wheel, generally sold in the 1960s, 70s, and perhaps into the 80s at such places as Pep Boys, KMart, JC Whitless, etc. at a bargain price. OK, but hardly stellar quality. Not in the same league as Nardi, Momo, MotoLita, Lecarra, or even Personal. A definite cut or two or maybe even three below the current crop of Grant wheels sold online or at many current auto parts stores.

Roger wrote: "If you have proper seat belts or a harness you won't contact the wheel."

Maybe not... however, if your MGB is a 67 or earlier the steering column isn't even designed to be collapsible. So, on the early cars any accident that's bad enough to move the steering rack WILL push the steering wheel toward the driver whether he's wearing belts or not.

I'm just sitting here thinking about some of the scary seat belts and shoulder straps I've seen on MGBs...