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69calibug
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 Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject: Early Steering wheel on a '73 Square? |
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Will the earlier steering wheel fit a '73? I'd like to swap the plastic wheel for one, and I've heard they switched to a different spline in mid '73 on type 1s, but what about type 3's? If they're different, is there any way to adapt them short of switching the whole column? I'd like to make use of the early wheel I found with an old-school black/white checkered wrap on it 
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volksfahrer.nl
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It's will fit but not straight-away.
Problem 1: The arm to work the wipers stick out to far so the
steeringwheel won't slide on al the way.
Problem 2: The horn on a late model works trough a contact between the
column and the steeringwheel, on early cars the power runs
trough the collumn and grounds trough the middle of it.
I broke my wiper switch when I treid the old model steeringwheel on (OOPS!) I'm gonna work them trough a beetle style switch on the dash (looks factory)
I haven't found a way to work the horn trough the old style hornbutton.
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69calibug
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Awesome, thanks for the info 
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Rome
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| 69, at the Type3 Invasion last month in Hershey, PA there was a guy who had a '67 S-back and had a steering wheel from the 1973 SportsBug special edition super beetle. I asked him if he had to change the column and he said no, it fit on just fine wihout modifications. That wheel was for the "finer spline" Beetle steering columns which started late '72 or so. That wheel is hard to find, but as an alternative, how about a 3-spoke wheel from a Scirocco? Same spline as the later Super Beetle' might even fit your car. They are only a few bucks at swap meets. Get the center horn section too and fit the old VW horn button into it from your T3. You can buy a nice leather wrap-on steering whel cover to match your interior, and it is slightly smaller diameter than your T3's wheel (maybe only 1/2"). Sorry I can't provide a photo. |
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