Steering Wheel Question

[88grpa]

Hi I have been looking at Walkinshaw steering wheels to put mine back to original, but I have noticed on the bottom spoke of some Walkinshaw momo's has 3 horizontal lines.( Craig's #369 does) yet others don't, do I need my eyes checked? Or is it something to do with the built dates? As they are so expensive I don't want to invest in the wrong one!!!!!!!!!!

[NZ EVLHSV]

369 has heaps of different things to most others, so not a good example to go off when returning yours to factory

[ILLUSIV]

Nope, all walkys should have these lines on the steering wheels.

Sometimes the wheels are stolen or taken off and new owners find close matches, but the walky has the 3 lines on the wheel. VL HDT Group A doesn't.

[Walky SS]

I think Craig is spot on.

My 2c worth-

Mine has the lines Aug/Sept build, but from memory I think some car magazines from the early car comparisons had wheels without the lines so this probably doesnt help the confusion either- maybe very early builds had these wheels, but I thought they all should have the lines but some may have replacement wheels that look very similar.???

See if I can find the old pics.

PS - Also apart from the VL HDT Grp A they may have been on the VL Grp 3's with a different centre cover.

[walky194]

mines got the lines

[Corsa]

http://home.iprimus.com.au/corsaturbo/pics/stwhls.jpg
These are the only wheels for a VL HSV.
The same outer rim with the smooth bottom spoke and different centre pads was used for a couple of HDT models.
Corsa

[Walky SS]

Found the pic with a different steering wheel. The few magazine articles I could find all had the correct wheel with the lines, but on page 54 of the Book - HSV 1988-1991 A complete guide to Holden Special Vehicles - it has a completely different wheel.

It actually looks like one I optioned on a new car I bought in late 1989 - they were HSV Sports options back then - shown on page 206 in the same book.

Strange really, obviously the wheel was changed later in that particular car.

[Corsa]

That wheel you refer to on page 54 is an SV5000 wheel and was also used on a few other HSV models.
Corsa