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GD it if it didn't have cruise I would buy that sumbitch right now...I've been looking for one of those in plain form.....:rolleyes:
I should buy that......
Am I the only one who finds these steering wheels ugly? No offense of course...
I agree, as nice as your car is ,it would look beautiful
I think they look nice, but prefer the thicker TC steering wheel. I'd like to find a Mustang GT wheel (pre-air bag) in really nice shape....for a decent price.
Had I not sold my car I would have bid on it for sure
That is what I have in my car, I like it.
I like the skinnier wheel. I cant stand big thick ones. Thats why I switched over to the leather one on my 96 and I personally think the TC style wheel is just plain ugly. But thats me.
Winning bid: $305!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow.
Someone REALLY wanted that steering wheel....... That's crazy!
Under $100 I woulda went for it. GRANTED I did get a nice one from someone on here awhile back, but the top isn't *perfect*. ;) (what an ass I know)
THEN AGAIN....if it were a perfect wheel, it really wouldn't go with the rest of my interior. The interior is near-perfect yes, but still, 140,000 mile car with a perfect steering wheel? Come onnnnnnn no way that's the original wheel. No one would be fooled. This one will at least seem legit, but better than the mooshy gooey mess that is the upper portion of the wheel there now. Also, I wouldn't wanna take that wrap off an NOS part. I mean COME ON!!!!! NOS!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!
And the insanity within me continues.
I like both types myself..I got one of each... makes for a nice change. although the thicker one in the vert heats up in the sun real bad and feels like jello.. lol
$305 is about right. Congrats to whomever purchased it.
And again I say: if you think $305 is a lot of money for a NOS steering wheel, feel free to pay less for one elsewhere.
Oh, what's that?
You can't find one at all?
Or you found one but it doesn't have leather or cruise control?
Or you found one but it's more money than that?
Hmmm. Seems you should have paid the $305 then, doesn't it?
Seriously. I couldn't even believe that popped up. Makes you wonder what else is lurking out there....
One without cruise would probably be even harder to find, wouldn't it?
Wish I coulda found one without cruise:(.... I'da paid a carton of cigs for it.
^ think about it, you'll get it;)
Yeah, the non-cruise wheel is kind of not common. When these cars were new it was very popular to get a Preferred Equipment Package (PEP) that bundled most of the popular items together: power windows, tilt, power locks, power seat, a/c, etc. and cruise control was usually in there. It was still a standalone option but I've always felt that 60-70% of these cars had a PEP anyhow. Personally I think the steering wheels look rather funny without the buttons on them...it's like a hot dog without ketchup. You can't have a hot dog without ketchup, it's just not right. ;)
Now the leather wrap was sometimes tricky too; if you had a floor shifter then that came with leather wrap, so the steering wheel had to match it. But if it was a Turbo Coupe or XR7 with the sport wheel, that couldn't be wrapped. There's always a 'gotcha' in there somewhere.
So to be clear, in most model years, on a non-sport wheel, you could have:
- Steering wheel, no leather, no cruise
- Steering wheel, leather, cruise
Sometimes you could have:
- Steering wheel, no cruise, leather
- Steering wheel, cruise, no leather
Throw in the 1983 and 1984 color-keyed steering wheels. And the 1985-86 brown dash panel cars, alongside the "normal" charcoal panels.
And now you see why it's difficult to get a NOS wheel for your year, your color, your style. ;)
By the way, that exact steering wheel in the auction was used in the last of the RWD Mercury Capris and before the 1987-88 Cougar. I want to say 1985-86 (definitely 1986). I'm surprised that more people restoring Capris aren't jumping on them from our cars.
Try buying a Rim blow steering wheel. $800, some assembly required
I guess $300 isn't bad if it's what you really need to make your car perfect. I've got a non-leather wheel w/ cruise from a mid-80s Capri that is mint and a leather wrapped wheel from Vinnie that is just as nice. If I paid $300 for a wheel, I wouldn't want to put my grubby mitts on it. I can see paying more than that for older car's wheels. I guess our parts are going to keep going up in price as time goes on. Unless all of us decide we don't want our cars anymore. Yeah.... That ain't happening!!
I didn't try to buy it because I wouldn't be able to use it without worrying I'd ruin it.
I must be the only one here who has a 23 year old leather wrapped wheel that doesn't leak goo.......
they leak goo?
Apparently they do. Everyone always complains about it. Mine doesn't do it.
Sold one that had the Cat's head logo (was from a Capri) for $30 a couple of years ago.....Not NOS, but MINT nonetheless.
I will find a way to get the Cat head in there somehow. It is the 87-88 Mustang GT wheel.
I should post a pic of mine. The bottom 2/3 of it is good, the very bottom part being the best, like new. The top area is heavily sun-baked and in the heat pretty much turns to goo. :hick: Grabbing it feels like grabbing a fudge brownie and you can knead it around, its definitely beat badly. Probably just a glue or something inside that holds the leather to the wheel core.
That is exactly how mine was..... before I threw it in the basp00get.
My Sport wheel leaks goo when it gets hot out. I have a wheel cover on it for now:hick:, until I can put the TC wheel on.:D
Are the non-leather with cruise ones pretty common? I have one in very good condition from a 1987 Turbo coupe, black.
I replaced it with a Mustang wheel from a cop car that did not have Cruise. Also it a bit smaller around, but still not leather.
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