[FWDLK] 1959 Dodge Cracked Steering Wheel Owner's...Unite!

[James <sartana@xxxxxxx>]

I was sitting my car yesterday, lamenting my cracked plastic steering wheel.
The multiple cracks, missing plastic chunks and occluded plastic color are a
real sore spot on a otherwise nice car. It seems that there is no real good
option for getting something that would do the car proud. To get my wheel
repaired seems remote at this time. I know of no one who can do a competent
job of restoration and to find a NOS or nice original two tone blue steering
wheel seems close to impossible. I guess there are some people who advertise
'59 Dodge steering wheel restoration, but from what I hear, I would do
better to avoid them at all cost.

That being said, there is a gentlemen in my neck of the woods who does do
steering wheel repair. Here is his page.

http://www.qualityrestorations.com/

I have seen his work and it seems to be top notch. Certainly, everyone would
need to speak with him directly and be comfortable that he can do the job in
an appropriate manner. I have seen his gold speck '60 Dodge wheel and it
looks very nice. The problem is he has no mold for the '59 Dodge wheel and
for me to have him make one up for just me would put the cost WAY out of
reach. He did say if there were 5-10 others who would get the wheel done, he
could make it happen at his normal restoration cost. Sooooooo, I thought I
would run it by the group. Are there others out there who are fed up with
their cracked '59 steering wheel and want to put the final cap on their
restoration project? Even if we get a group in on this, it still won't be
cheap but I believe his quality will make it worthwhile. I have a friend
with a two tone green wheel and when the light come through the light green
plastic it is quite beautiful. I would love to see that on my wheel but I
need several others to make the same commitment for their wheels. I know
this is a long shot, but I thought I would give it a shot......

If anyone has another suggestion on how one can get a high quality
restoration of the '59 Dodge steering wheel, I am all ears.

James
1959 Dodge

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