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Saturday, December 11, 2010

1957 CHEV 15" REPRODUCTION WHEEL

Reproduction 15" Chevy steering wheel, plasticised in custom dual colours from eye matched sample,a subtle gold pearl and a very subtle maroon marble finish. Will look more complete, with the centre horn ring, can't wait for the photos of Chevy & "new" wheel.









Landrover 1949 steering wheel reduction

This old Landrover wheel had seen better days. Steering wheel was reduced in diameter by 2" given a nice thick, more comfortale grip and plasticised in a subtle black marble.













Tuesday, November 30, 2010

BUICK 1956

Appreciate these latest photos sent through by John Jeffery of his '56 Buick and it's ivory pearl wheel, looking particularly splendid in front of  Lake Burley Griffen and our Parliament House in Canberra.





Wednesday, October 27, 2010

FORD MAINLINE 1955 UTE




Henk & Marg Mennen from country Victoria have restored this very cool 1955 Mainline Ute.


They sent upholstery samples along with their steering wheel. We pigmented our pearl to come up with this interesting combination of dual colours.


Marg very kindly supplied these photos which were her own handy work.









Wednesday, October 13, 2010

PONTIAC STAR CHIEF 1956

Paul Mills of Florida sent his steering wheel along with a small colour example "down under" back in 2007. Following repair work--the pearl was pigmented with Paul's matched colour, hand applied to wheel and the result was fantastic-- reminded us a bit -- the colour of a "Marilyn Monroe" mink, off white with slight undertones of silver grey. . Paul has done a mighty job restoring his Pontiac, recently photographed on the beach in Key West Florida USA.






STOEWER 1911 STEERING WHEEL REBUILD

A few months ago John Stanley curator of the Museum of Stoewer Cars Australia sent us this spider plus a small sample of the original grip belonging to a 1911 Stoewer . Steering Wheel was restored to it's former glory using original type material.





















Sunday, October 10, 2010

"SEABISCUIT" 1937 VINTAGE CHRIS -CRAFT BOAT

"Seabiscuit" is a rare 1937
Chris-craft runabout boat, named after the famous race horse of the era.
Her owner Jim McGrath of Milton Massachusetts decided that she deserved a much better wheel than was previously installed, so he sent the wheel "down under" for a makeover.
Plasticised in a custom walnut colour, marble finish with undertones of burgundy to tie in with the burgundy coloured seats. Jim recently sent us these shots of "Seabiscuit" with her "new" wheel installed.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

1956 BUICK SPECIAL TWO DOOR



Ray Pearman's very cool '56 Buick 2 door has stock running gear, the rest of the car has been given the works, including the beautiful pearled steering wheel in custom green to match interior. The engine is a 322 cubic inch Nail Head running triple Stromberg 97 carbies on a Offenhauser manifold.It took 18 months to complete the rebuild and since then it has taken top honours at all of the past four events Ray has entered.
Well done Ray!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

FORD 1956











Geo Gross from Pittsburgh PA has done an amazing job of restoring his '56 two door Ford.
He sent his steering wheel "down under" for a make over. Using colour sample provided, we pearl plasticised his wheel in custom turquoise/ blue & white pearl.
Gear and indicator knobs also in white pearl.
Thanks Geo-- WOW !!!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

BUICK 1936 BANJO STEERING WHEEL

This 1936 Buick wheel was sent to us from California USA. It was in a typically sad state and we set about restoring it to it's former glory ONLY BETTER!! Steering wheel was re built & final plasticised finish in "Regency Red Pearl" being extremely durable as well as striking.




























Friday, July 9, 2010

MGTF

Ray Maloney of QLD rebuilt his MG from the frame up.We restored the steering wheel applying a custom brown walnut marble for the final finish.














Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Cadillac 1956 Coup De Ville


























Reknowned Elvis tribute artist Danny Vernon of Washington USA Sent his steering wheel, gear & indicator knobs "down under" for a make over. We repaired wheel, chrome removed from rim for rechrome, horn ring also chromed.
After repairs and appropriate shelf life, wheel pearl plasticised in white and custom pink. Gear & indicator knobs in pink.