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Console, steering wheel resto.

ironhorse

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Nov 18, 2004
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That's EXACTLY like mine ... I thought maybe it was a '70s or '80s add-on. BTW, I didn't know I had a deluxe steering wheel (in a black standard interior) until days after I bought my car. I just assumed it was a standard black wheel under that cover ...
Kevin
 

nfrntau

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EXACTLY, that should give a little creedence to them being original. I believe mine is still in great shape. I will be keeping it as is for my restoration.
 
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rvrtrash

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As promised, here's my report on steering wheel restoration. I discovered that the local auto paint store had a POR-15 kit in stock so I went to pick it up. Turns out most of the kit is tools such as hacksaw, drill bits, sandpaper and blocks, aerosol sprayer, etc., and a small piece of two part epoxy putty. I figured heck with that. I put my wheel in my media blast cabinet to clean the cracks and picked up a product called Devcon at the hardware store. It's a marine plastic epoxy putty that looks like a big green and white tootsie roll. After a couple hours of sanding when it was dry, I started putting on thin coats of the same spray I used for my dash pad. It turned out great! Two of my rim cracks were about 1/4" and if you look, you can find them but the small ones blended right in. It's not a concours job but for a driver or peoples choice car, it's fine and it only cost me $2.77 plus tax. Book report over. ;D
Steve
 

PFSlim

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Steve

Did you every decide if you wanted my console top or not? It is automatic and light blue. Otherwise, I will take it to a swap meet here in KC in a couple of weeks.

Paul
 
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rvrtrash

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I patched the small rip in my top and it isn't too bad, so I think I'll pass but thanks for the offer.
Steve
 
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