One of my favorite hobbies is driving myself nuts trying to figure out what is "correct" on my cars. My 71 Swinger came to me with a woodgrain, rimblow steering wheel. According to the factory literature the Swinger came with the S81 as the only steering wheel available. Demon came with the 3 spoke wheel with the dinky center horn button, the "Tuff" steering wheel, or the S81 wheel. So then, ordinarily, I would just assume that an owner stuck the woodgrain wheel on my car at some point, but I see so many 71 Swingers with that wheel on it that I am beginning to wonder whether it was added back as an option some time during the year. Anything is possible, right, and the factory was pretty good at working up "Spring Special" models to boost sales. Can anybody shed some light on this one?
Correct Steering Wheel - 71 Swinger
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OK here's the answer to my own question. The factory literature shows pictures of three steering wheels, the basic one used on the demon, the one used on the Swinger. and the "Tuff" wheel option used on the demons. The A61 "Automatic transmission Package" includes a "rim-blow" steering wheel, among other things. The package was available on the Swinger 2 door hardtop cars only. So, once again, an incomplete review of the factory literature gives an incomplete answer! Go figure. I guess that means I need to start saving my coins to get the rimblow steering wheel rebuilt.
C39, I parted out two 71 Swingers in the past year, both had the rimblow steering wheel. Both were hardtops, both were green on green, and both were 6 cyl cars!!! Go figure!! Geof
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