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[Wanted: Parts] Sports Steering Wheel with boss or recommendation for a new one

matara

matara

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May 17, 2008
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Sydney, Australia
Just arrived in Castlebar from a hell of a flight (with 3 young kids) from Sydney. Had a look at my beetle parked in my dad's garage and it has 2 flat tyres and needs a brake job!

Being 6ft5in I can't drive with the stock steering wheel, so I need to replace it with a sports one. I have a momo wheel on a car in Sydney, just wondering if anyone has anything that would fit a 68 beetle thats about 420mm in diameter, or can recommend where I can get a new one with a hub in Ireland. Maybe I'm better off getting one from the UK perhaps?

Great end of summer weather here, its been chucking it down since we landed ;)

Cheers

Steve
 
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kvinyl

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February 20, 2007
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Galway
matara said:
Just arrived in Castlebar from a hell of a flight (with 3 young kids) from Sydney. Had a look at my beetle parked in my dad's garage and it has 2 flat tyres and needs a brake job!

Being 6ft5in I can't drive with the stock steering wheel, so I need to replace it with a sports one. I have a momo wheel on a car in Sydney, just wondering if anyone has anything that would fit a 68 beetle thats about 420mm in diameter, or can recommend where I can get a new one with a hub in Ireland. Maybe I'm better off getting one from the UK perhaps?

Great end of summer weather here, its been chucking it down since we landed ;)

Cheers

Steve
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I've a Mountney wheel with boss here in Galway that might do? Had it fitted to a '77 beetle but no use for it at the moment, swap it for your original?
 
trev

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November 11, 2007
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i think the size of the splines changed in the early '70s so the 77 mountney boss mightn't fit the 68 and vice versa :(
 
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Deisedakdak

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January 14, 2010
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Dungarvan
matara said:
Just arrived in Castlebar from a hell of a flight (with 3 young kids) from Sydney. Had a look at my beetle parked in my dad's garage and it has 2 flat tyres and needs a brake job!

Being 6ft5in I can't drive with the stock steering wheel, so I need to replace it with a sports one. I have a momo wheel on a car in Sydney, just wondering if anyone has anything that would fit a 68 beetle thats about 420mm in diameter, or can recommend where I can get a new one with a hub in Ireland. Maybe I'm better off getting one from the UK perhaps?

Great end of summer weather here, its been chucking it down since we landed ;)

Cheers

Steve
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Still have this wheel for sale,http://www.eircooled.com/deforum/sh...ng-wheel-and-hubcaps&highlight=steering+wheel ,not sure if it will fit a beetle column, it wouldnt fit my bus is all I know;)



Cheers
Mike
 
duts

duts

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January 31, 2010
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Oh jesus lads don't fall into the same trap well did with the kildare/laois/midlands meet! Pick a name like "the west meet" as i'm sure galway and sligo both fall into that bracket!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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