redoing leather steering wheel

[pinto096]

does anyone know who restores the 3 piece leather steering wheels the leather part of it this ones the thick grip if it makes a difference please email me direct with address thanks pinto096@aol.com

[SCWDP911]

You are in luck,

Mike (Hawks911) just posted a thread that chronicled his DIY rewrap. He did a beautiful job of it IMO. Check out his thread here:
3 Spoke Steering Wheel Help

Good luck!

[pinto096]

id like to thank everyone for replying with info and advice i think ill try to restitch it or send it out, but now i have a base thanks to you guys, was in florida got back today what a difference in weather over there its the tornados in georgia here its the below zero bou what a choice

[AL MEREDITH]

Go to Alan Gun in Plantation, Fl 954-474-4277 or try aglausa.com. great guy, and he will do the installation if you want.

[pinto096]

im considering it thank you

[JCF]

DANGER - DANGER - DO A SEARCH ON ALAN GUN/ AGLA BEFORE you send him anything you value !!!!!!!!



John

[livi]

Call Ryan (Bigchillcar). Pelican guru on the subject.

[JCF]

Also search on the S Registry site

[pinto096]

whats s registry site?

[JCF]

The Early 911 S Registry

www.early911sregistry.org/forum/index.php?

[Carl Bauer]

I did a resto on this wheel 1/2 a year ago and it's held up great.

This:


To this:


I redid the leather and the factory XXXXX stitching. Also... Gunn will not have the correct sized leather for the mid-70's Carrera sport wheel. His kits fit the thinner rims of the SC wheels.



Carrera Sport Steering Wheel Resto

[pinto096]

looks great do you know where i can get the kit for the thicker steering wheel?

[Carl Bauer]

I'm not aware that anyone currently makes a kit for the Carrera sport wheel. I know AGLA does not even though he says he does. Mr. Gunn stated that the SC kit is the same; it isn't.

I called Tony at Autobahn Interiors and he said that for this wheel he would custom cut the leather and stitch a cover for around $400. Seems fair for the work involved and with Autobahn you'd know the leather selection, stitching and fit would be perfect. However, at ~$400 my leather was serviceable! I did a complete resto to the original leather for around $80 in materials. If you look at the link to my wheel resto I go pretty much step-by-step.

Carrera Sport Steering Wheel Resto

As long as you have the leather cover and the stitching holes are intact and the leather hasn't split or turned to suede you can make yours look like mine.

Remember some of these wheels did not originally come with a leather cover. Some sport wheels were just rubbery foam. Here's a factory photo from the Dec. 1973 Christophorus.

[pinto096]

thks looks like i am going to do this myself or have autobahn do it

[Kraftwerk]

I re-stiched a wheel once, it takes a long time.... (are you in Queens NY? cool.) a lot of people replace the wheel, switch it out for a Momo. its a good modification you might want to think about before going thru the trouble with the stock wheel.

[pinto096]

had a momo on it going back to stock somtimes doing the stiching is more fun then buying a steering whell thks for the tip