Switched steering wheels: looking good!

Hi all,

When I visited a friend who has a MG garage I found a dirty, rusty steering wheel lying in the box which hold all obsolete metals. I took it home, sanded and cleaned the metal and gave the leather a good clean and subsequent polish with black shoe polish. The result was so rewarding that I switched the steering wheel of the MGB GT. Attached are pictures of the "original" wheel (three spokes no holes) and the "new" one (also three spokes but with holes in the metal).

Easy job; took me 15 minutes!

and the new steering wheel

Er, I hate to say this but you fitted it on the wrong side. :D

Looks good.

Cool! Good conversation piece. A one year only, 5 hole 1970 wheel.

Gee, Owen, for a second my heart sunk! Guess the humiliation to find out that you have screwed up something very easy in front of all the experts here..................

Hell Stan, I screw up so often, in so many places I don't care any more

Stan,

it's a plesure of relaxed driving with this original 3-spoke wheels. After a short exercise with the Motolita leather- and wood rim wheels, I also switched back to the original ones some years ago and don't want to change anymore
Looking good, this 1971 wheel with the BeNeLux/Swiss dash.

Ralph

How did you clean the spokes?

Is that true, the 5-hole spokes were one year only?

Yes, late 1970 to late 1971 only. No other cars thn the 1971 modell were fitted with this design wheels.

I'm pretty sure 72s had the same wheel. The center piece isn't that of a 70 it's 71 or 72.

It looks really good.
The holey ones and the leather look really racey.

Paul ;-)

We may put the steering wheels on the wrong side, but we drive on the RIGHT side! :D :D :D

Mine is a 70 with this wheel....

Got the same wheel in my 72'....though it might not be original....my car is a bit of a mutt

Hi all, I'm new here, living in Ireland and have a '78 mgb roadster, I like the older steering wheel and and wondered does anybody know if these wheels fit the later rubber bumper car with rubber look wheel? I know that if you try to order a motalita wheel from moss there is a different boss for the later model and suspect wheels are not interchangable.

Paul.