Is this a Porsche 356 Steering Wheel?

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David Craigmyle · #1 Post by **David Craigmyle** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:32 am

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130583116974? ... _720wt_922

Barry Brisco · #2 Post by **Barry Brisco** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:38 am

David, I could not get any of the links you posted to open. So I went to http://www.ebay.co.uk/ and entered the item number 130583116974 which took me to this page.

The ebay ad says

ebay ad wrote:This is a very rare 1950s wheel in very good condition and was made for the Porsche 356 Carrera Speedster

I would question that statement. But the seller only provides two small photos. Not very helpful.

Caveat emptor.

Best regards,

David Craigmyle · #3 Post by **David Craigmyle** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:18 pm

I contacted seller and this was his reply

Hi
The wheel is 390mm and there are no markings on it at all, it was bought from a German company that deals in classic Porsches. There is no paper work, i bought the wheel because i know what i am looking at and had seen this exact type of wheel on several Carrera,s myself.I have also done a lot of research into steering wheels for the top marque car,s such as Porsche, Jaguar and Mercedes.
Best Regards

Barry Brisco · #4 Post by **Barry Brisco** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:28 pm

Caveat emptor.

Good luck,

Kevin Murray · #5 Post by **Kevin Murray** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:43 am

Looks like a run of the mill Nardi to me- I had one on an old 550 replicar I built a few years ago.

Kevin Murray

Roy Lock · #6 Post by **Roy Lock** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:46 pm

The backside picture appears to show no hub. How would you mount that wheel onto the steering column?
Real Porsche Nardi's have the hub integrated into the steering wheel.
2X Barry's and Kevin's comments.

Tom Tate · #7 Post by **Tom Tate** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:29 pm

That is a nice wheel but is not correct for our cars. It can be made to work but note the diameter of the circle where the hub would mount. It is too small and won't match the horn button shown with it. I know the horn button wasn't included but it wouldn't have fit anyway. If you go with a smaller ring for the horn button as a solution then the Factory horn button will not fit. An aftermarket horn button will work but then everyone will know what we know. See first sentence. KTF

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