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GTV6 steering wheel compatibility

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:01 pm
by Lucio
Dear friends, knowing that I'm going to sell my GTV6 wood steering wheel, a friend has asked me whether this might be compatible with a '91 Spider or not.

From a recent experience I know this kind of knowledge is rare (bought a (wrong) 75 steering wheel hub because someone suggested this was compatible with GTV6 :shock: :shock: :shock: ) so let me add two pics for better clarification.

Thanks!
Lucio

Re: GTV6 steering wheel compatibility

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:40 pm
by krash2
I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but it was my understanding that the OE GTV-6 steering wheels that look like wood were actually some sort of synthetic or composite. Don't know if that's true or not, but I remember a thread about it on the Alfa Digest years ago.

Charlie Koster
San Gabriel, CA

Re: GTV6 steering wheel compatibility

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:17 am
by Lucio
krash2 wrote:I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but it was my understanding that the OE GTV-6 steering wheels that look like wood were actually some sort of synthetic or composite. Don't know if that's true or not, but I remember a thread about it on the Alfa Digest years ago.

Charlie Koster
San Gabriel, CA
You are probably right, Charlie. It seems wood but perhaps it is not.
There's a thick layer of transparent coating that mask everything...

Lucio

Re: GTV6 steering wheel compatibility

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:40 am
by SimonB
A friend of mine tried to sand and revarnish a "wooden" steering wheel from an Alfasud Sprint once. It was plastic.