|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: the bluest city in the bluest county in the bluest state by the bluest ocean...did I mention the blue skies???
Posts: 453
|
early 3 spoke "sport wheel" question...
What's the quick and easy way of telling if it's a 'real' early '74-'75 Carrera 3 spoke Steering wheel...
OR, a later SC "sport wheel" ????
__________________
Greg....PCA, 356 Registry, 912 Registry 1977 911S Targa with 3.2...1960 T-5 coupe 1968 912 coupe, that's 32 P-cars, so far... 1990 Chevy 4x4 2500 pickup (with 255K & still rockin') |
||
06-21-2011, 07:42 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 2,571
|
Part number
|
||
|
06-21-2011, 08:50 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 3,445
|
The wheel center plate is stamped steel sheet on the later cheaper versions, vs a thick 1/8" plate on the early versions.
Then there are the big rim wheels that were hapahazardly distributed, sometimes picked for the race cars. Those are worth more. Want one? |
||
|
06-22-2011, 03:08 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Huntsville, AL
Posts: 1,346
|
The rim or "grip" portion of the wheel is thicker than the later 3-spoke wheels. It's hard to tell just by looking at a photo of one. Easier to distinguish when placed side-by-side with a later one. The grip in this one is 32 mm.
Here is a photo: 
__________________
Jim www.jimsbasementworkshop.com (CIS Primer for the 911) (73 911T (RS look) coupe) (Misc. 911 Parts for Sale) Last edited by Jim Williams; 06-22-2011 at 05:11 AM.. Reason: Added grip dimension |
||
|
06-22-2011, 04:26 AM
|
|
|
cycling has-been
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,241
|
quick & easy - the bottom spoke is about 1/4" longer - but the untrained eye would need to see the wheels side-by-side.
can't always tell by the thickness of the grip. my '77 930 non sport wheel had the same size grip as the '74 sport wheel I put in later. Bill K sport wheel \/ 
__________________
73 911T MFI, 76 912E, 77 Turbo Carrera Last edited by bkreigsr; 06-22-2011 at 04:36 AM.. |
||
|
06-22-2011, 04:31 AM
|
|
