Our company, Best In Show Steering Wheels, is happy to announce an exciting new product that has long been overdue to hit the shelves. We are bringing to market NEW REPRODUCTION 1968 DELUXE WOOD GRAIN steering wheels. They are modeled after the originals, with a beautiful Walnut wood grain face, and will be available for all interior colors! Black, Maroon, Saddle, Light Blue, Parchment, Ivy Gold, and Nugget Gold.
These beautiful deluxe wheels will be available for purchase starting in early spring of 2018, sold exclusively by National Parts Depot (NPD) through their catalog and website. We can’t wait to get these out to the public as we know customers will love them. These wheels are correct for use in deluxe Mustang, Cougar, and Shelby interiors. Other models like the Torino and Thunderbird also used them. Even if the interior is not an original deluxe interior, these steering wheels compliment and dress up any standard interior beautifully as well.
If you feel like your fellow club members could benefit from our product, please help us in passing the word! I’ve attached a photo of one of the steering wheels so you can see what they will look like.
Dunno if either of those statements is true (and AFAIK he does not say). BIS restored wheel woodgrain while very nice (nicer than OEM IMO) is not correct.
It depends entirely upon who is restoring it! In the case of a '69 (like we have), from what Don said, sounds like a repro would be more correct than a (BIS at least) restored wheel. BIS repro? I think we don’t quite know (but that’s a '68 wheel).
From what I remember, there was no wheel restoration place that people were entirely happy with (i.e. THE place to go) before BIS. But the fact remains that BIS restored wheels are not correct. Very nice, but not correct.
Appreciate the info. My wheel is fine, the padding is “puffing” up in a few areas along the top of the wheel but other than that, all is good. BIS looks like they do a great job though.
Not in the case of the 69… As I pointed out a restored wheel is usually void of any faux wood grain texture whereas the repro 69 has texture just like original. Very few wheel restorers will take the time to hand etch the texture back in place.
What you are describing sounds like your center pad, common problem. The repro pads do not fit the plastic bezel (with the woodgrain) well though. What I did on mine was took an old center and experimented on it. That is, I reformed it using a heat gun so it fit the repro pad properly. Came out well so I then restored the bezel and put new woodgrain on it. I have about $750 in my restored (BIS) wheel, OEM rimblow switch, pad and bezel. It sits in a box in my basement. Hated it on the car. Love my Grant 1170 mahagony wheel with custom horn button. SO much more practical/pleasurable to drive with. But I digress…
Dont mean to threadjack, but does anyone know of any stock looking 3 spoke steering wheels for a 68? I still have my original which is discolored, but i hate it. I have a grant style 3 spoke installed, but i think it looks kinda cheap and im not a huge fan. Would love to have a 67 looking wheel, or even a mustang style wheel on my 68
I think all Ford-Lincoln-Mercury products all used the same steering wheel nut from at least early 60’s to mid 70’s, leading me to suspect the splined steering wheel shaft is the same.
