Re: Ivory Steering Wheel 48-54 Reproduction Project

Posted by HH56 On 2012/5/25 17:08:27

The same PA389782 plastic deluxe wheel was available officially from 48-52 and as Guscha mentioned, a sort of ivory translucent plastic rather than painted hard rubber. As I recall from some posters comments, the plastic did not hold up well and many wheels became or are somewhat cracked or crazed.

They changed numbers in 53 but I believe the deluxe may still have been plastic. Believe in 54, they were mostly all painted and available in several colors to match the interior including real ivory colored paint.

If you go thru the photo archive you will see a few photos showing them. From factory, mostly on the higher end cars but dealers seemed to add them to some lesser models.