Cast Aluminium 4 spoke steering wheel for a variety of early 1920’s cylcecars. Tapered mounting with keyway, roughly 25mm. More pictures/details on request. Collection from Stamford Lincs, or tracked postage.
Aluminium centre, Walnut rim, a really beautiful old wheel, probably 1900-1915 and probably French.350mm diameter overall, rim 30mm x 27mm, dished by 50mm . Central hole 25mm .Very good condition the wood has been taken off, cleaned, woodworm eradicated and then the wood replaced using epoxy glue and new dowels inserted from the un..
Made on a 2mm Stainless Steel armature the rim is composed of 32 octagonal pieces of Indian rosewood, the two inner layers of eight pieces each are secret dowelled thro the S/S, then the two outer layers cover the dowels. All are epoxy glued so the wheel is very strong.Indian Rosewood is on the CITES list so normally cannot be used but this wood..
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 ..