What steering wheel are you using?
My 65 Barracuda has its original plastic "wood grain" sport steering wheel. I put a smaller diameter real wood steering wheel on it for a while because I had to stretch to see completely over the original. But I have the seats adjusted higher now, so the stock wheel works just fine. It has been driven some 300,000 miles, so the "wood grain" is completely worn off. No cracks at all, though. At one show a few years back, a judge asked my why I had a brown steering wheel in a black interior. And it was a Mopar show, too.
I have the same wheel in my 63 Valiant convertible. Not available in 63, so not stock or original, but my original two spoke wheel was badly cracked. This one has fewer miles on it than the one in my 65 Barracuda, and still has some wood grain. I put it in the Valiant because it looks good.
I have a metal flake red Moon steering wheel in my 64 Polara convertible. It is 15 inches in diameter. It's a near duplicate of the one I bought with my allowance money back in the early sixties and put in my Dad's 62 Polara 500 convertible. So - homage to that car. As are the radio knobs.
I also have a metal flake blue Moon steering wheel in my 67 Barracuda. Like the Valiant, the original steering wheel was badly cracked. Plus I like the sixties look of the Moon steering wheels.
I have another plastic wood grain steering wheel in my 67 Charger. It's actually a 66 wheel. A similar 67 wheel was recalled. My original wheel was the same as the one in my 67 Barracuda except for having a full horn ring. Like the Barracuda's wheel, it was badly cracked. So - this one. You'll have to take my word for it, because I don't have a picture of it on my computer.
The steering wheel in my 49 Dodge Wayfarer is the original wheel with a Coronet horn ring (Wayfarers just had a horn button).
My 56 Plymouth Belvedere also has its original steering wheel. The horn ring is correct, but is NOS, because, as was common in 56 Plymouths, the poorly supported upper half of the original ring was broken off. I try to remember not to use the upper half to blow the horn.
And finally, my 59 Dodge Coronet also has its original steering wheel. The padding on the horn ring was optional.
My 65 Barracuda has its original plastic "wood grain" sport steering wheel. I put a smaller diameter real wood steering wheel on it for a while because I had to stretch to see completely over the original. But I have the seats adjusted higher now, so the stock wheel works just fine. It has been driven some 300,000 miles, so the "wood grain" is completely worn off. No cracks at all, though. At one show a few years back, a judge asked my why I had a brown steering wheel in a black interior. And it was a Mopar show, too.
I have the same wheel in my 63 Valiant convertible. Not available in 63, so not stock or original, but my original two spoke wheel was badly cracked. This one has fewer miles on it than the one in my 65 Barracuda, and still has some wood grain. I put it in the Valiant because it looks good.
I have a metal flake red Moon steering wheel in my 64 Polara convertible. It is 15 inches in diameter. It's a near duplicate of the one I bought with my allowance money back in the early sixties and put in my Dad's 62 Polara 500 convertible. So - homage to that car. As are the radio knobs.
I also have a metal flake blue Moon steering wheel in my 67 Barracuda. Like the Valiant, the original steering wheel was badly cracked. Plus I like the sixties look of the Moon steering wheels.
I have another plastic wood grain steering wheel in my 67 Charger. It's actually a 66 wheel. A similar 67 wheel was recalled. My original wheel was the same as the one in my 67 Barracuda except for having a full horn ring. Like the Barracuda's wheel, it was badly cracked. So - this one. You'll have to take my word for it, because I don't have a picture of it on my computer.
The steering wheel in my 49 Dodge Wayfarer is the original wheel with a Coronet horn ring (Wayfarers just had a horn button).
My 56 Plymouth Belvedere also has its original steering wheel. The horn ring is correct, but is NOS, because, as was common in 56 Plymouths, the poorly supported upper half of the original ring was broken off. I try to remember not to use the upper half to blow the horn.
And finally, my 59 Dodge Coronet also has its original steering wheel. The padding on the horn ring was optional.
