Really good early steering wheel. Probably French as it came from there recently and is of French Walnut I believe.355mm diameter (c.14") on a three spoke aluminium armature with a tapered central hole 30mm -25mm. Dished 50mm. The walnut was all detached when it arrived and has all been cleaned of old glue and the woodworm annihilated ..
Austin Seven Competition History: The Cars and Those Who Drove Them, 1922 -1939 Hardcover – Sep 2006byB. Canning Brown (Author) Hardcover: 375 pagesPublisher: Twincam Ltd; First Edition edition (Sept. 2006)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0955407400ISBN-13: 978-0955407406Product Dimensions: 31.2 x 21.8 x 3.4 cm
Replica Type 35, 37 etc Bugatti steering wheel .420mm diameter , rim slightly thinner than usual at 20mm2mm Stainless armature, rim is four layers of holly and pear wood epoxy glued , paler than usual walnut, secret dowelled. Very strong .
Very early, possible Veteran or early Edwardian, four spoke wheel.This came with the rim in derelict condition, full of woodworm and falling apart. It now has a new rim of cherry wood with a 2mm stainless steel ring incorporated in it. It has the original four Brass screw and the original steel spider and now looks fabulous! It is approx..