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    5/24/2017 5:28 PM  #1

    boomyal
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    Identifying a stock '65-'66 OEM steering wheel?

    Does anyone have one laying around that they could take a close look at to see if there are any FoMoCo marks on it that would identify it as being the real McCoy vs an aftermarket reproduction?  I currently have one on my '65 'vert but I do not want to have to remove it to examine it for any genuine OEM marks.

    I just obtained a nice, used black wheel off of ebay, for reasonable price. I want to verify that it is what was represented.  I have heard that aftermarket stock wheels had issues with the horn.

    The object of having obtained it, is to have its diameter reduced while retaining the stock appearance.  I do not want to spend a lot of modification money on a wheel that is problematic....and as always, I want to retain the useable original part.

     

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    5/25/2017 6:25 PM  #2

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    Re: Identifying a stock '65-'66 OEM steering wheel?

    Some Mustanger, on this forum, has to have an original stock steering wheel hanging on the garage wall that they could examine for any FoMoCo identifying marks?

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    5/25/2017 7:06 PM  #3

    BillyC
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    Re: Identifying a stock '65-'66 OEM steering wheel?

    I have one that I know for sure is an original. There are no marks on it

    "anyone that stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty"Henry Ford
     

    5/25/2017 7:45 PM  #4

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    Re: Identifying a stock '65-'66 OEM steering wheel?

    My original 66 wheel has no Ford markings on it.

     

    5/25/2017 8:49 PM  #5

    boomyal
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    Re: Identifying a stock '65-'66 OEM steering wheel?

    Thanks Billy and Tim!  I'll probably remove my OEM wheel, examine it then try the new one for fit and horn function.
    Boom

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    5/26/2017 8:43 AM  #6

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    Re: Identifying a stock '65-'66 OEM steering wheel?

    Boom...be sure you have the right year wheel.  Jim Bowie sent me a 65 wheel that he had experimented on and it's different than my 66 wheel.  If I can squeeze it in today I'll post you some pix. 

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    5/26/2017 11:40 AM  #7

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    Re: Identifying a stock '65-'66 OEM steering wheel?

    Bullet Bob wrote:

    Boom...be sure you have the right year wheel.  Jim Bowie sent me a 65 wheel that he had experimented on and it's different than my 66 wheel.  If I can squeeze it in today I'll post you some pix. 

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    I'll be interested to see that, BB.  I do know, that in some manner, '64 1/2 wheels are different than the latter alternatored cars.
     

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