bostongeorge1000

Has to be telescopic also.

ROCKETMAN269V

I have a tilt-n-travel column, with the wheel, in black; I'll have to check on application. E-mail me if interested: drolds1@bellsouth.net. Thanks, Bob.

MDchanic

Yes, that wheel you have was only used on the tilt / tele column, and as such can be hard to find.

The wheel looked good in the video - why do you need one?
If the problem is the rim-blow horn, those can be rebuilt, but not by ordinary mortals. Those wheels are even harder to find, especially in working condition.

- Eric

bostongeorge1000

I relocated horn to button under the dash. Just until i found right steering wheel. The entire plastic ring around is cracked and flakes off. Wheel is good except for insert. Would be nice if someone could redo that part.

bostongeorge1000

Id take one that was close in resemblence

Allan R

The wheel can be restored. Not sure if you knew that. The cost of restoration is about the same price of finding a replacement for your 98.

Have a look at these ones done by Gary's
There are other folks who do this too.

An FYI - a wheel like you're looking for can run over 500.00 especially if you want a specific color (which I think is your goal). A wheel restorer will automatically restore it to the color it comes as unless you state otherwise. They also install new woodgrain in the wheel rim. The horn button can be part of the process. Hope this helps a bit. You're probably finding out what most of us already know - this hobby is not cheap.

Another guy - Doug Lepak (lives here in Edmonton) The Steering wheel guy Looks like he's done wheels like the one in your car (sorry for the small pic - stole it from his web page)

bostongeorge1000

Wow.thays nice. 500 isnt really in my budget right now but ill look into his stuff thanks

MDchanic

Yeah, most "regular guys" just accept that the rim blow wheel doesn't work, put a button somewhere else, and move on.

I've had one that worked and one that didn't. It's kind of cool, but having that extra $500 is even cooler.

- Eric

Allan R

I guess the alternative to having the wheel restored is to wrap it with a leather skin/cover. They're available in different colors.

MDchanic

That's the way you always find these.

- Eric

Allan R

Truer words never spoken. The wheel in my new from the showroom 98 (1983) cracked in 3 places before it was 5 months old. Dealer replaced it and said that was the only one they would replace under warranty. I looked at him and said, "Wanna bet? This car is under warranty for 3 years, so start ordering steering wheels". I was right BTW. Next wheel was the redesigned one they used for 84....It was ok till I sold the car. Funny thing though, my second 98 (white/blue interior) had a fancy shmantzy 82 style wheel with telescopic feature. It never cracked at all in the 20 years I had that car. And it went through some hellish temperatures.