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.

"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.

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!

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 !!!

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.

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.

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.

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NAPIER 1908

It is a number of years since we were contacted by Bill Bishop to construct a wheel for his 1908 Napier. All we had to work with was the centre "spider" this proved a bit of a challenge and we were always very keen to see our handy work in situ, however progress can be extremely slow in the world of Historic restoration. Recently we were e-mailed these photos of the completed project.

Thanks Bill she looks amazing!

CHRYSLER IMPERIAL CROWN

Rob and Louisa Van Eck of South Australia have spent a small fortune on restoring their 1957 two door coupe. We were commissioned by Finch restorations in the Adelaide hills, Our mission-- --- to enhance this impressive but difficult ( from our perspective ) steering wheel.

First job was to remove all of the chrome for gold plating.

After numerous repairs we reset the gold plated sections back into the wheel. We then pearl plasticised the steering wheel in dual colours.

Custom white Pearl as in the paint colour "Cassablanca" teamed with our "Regency Red Pearl".

On it's return Rob Van Eck was so delighted with the steering wheel, that he set off with it on his motor bike to show a mate. Unfortuately both Rob and the wheel took a huge tumble-- the wheel was consequently returned to us without even being fitted to the car.

So began the process once again-- gold sections removed to be recoated, then reset-- steering wheel replasticised as before.

Photos courtesy of Australian Classic Car magazine.