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I didn't do much car work over the weekend. Mostly shop cleaning and organizing.

But I did start refurbishing the used steering wheel I purchased.

I ground the cracks open with a dremel.







I filled the cracks with body filler, was going to use an epoxy or jb weld, but figured this should work.



I blew some urethane surfacing primer on the wheel after sanding the body filler.






Tomorrow I will do the final sanding, paint it red, maybe some clear coat too.


You can maybe see in the pics that I decided to go with a smooth face on the rim of the wheel rather than the grooves it originally had.

Outstanding,..never even considered how to refurbish an old steering wheel.

Dave, excellent work. Maybe you could do a fine pinstrip with a brush on that flat surface of the wheel before doing clear. really make it pop! Car looks very good man!

I thought about that, a pinstripe or something.

But sometimes you just need to stop dicking around and get stuff finished.

Lol!

Correct interior red with clear coat.

Looking good man!

A guy can make some bux just doing steering wheels. Pops does a few a year for extra spending money.

Yeah, you're right tom. There are several niche segments of restoration that a shop could perform full time and make a living. Steering wheels, upholstery, body/paint, media blast, trim reconditioning, mechanical...

I'm going to delegate some of these specific tasks to my shop slaves.

Er, I mean... Family.

Lol

Great work!

There's a Ford Galaxie sitting in a parking lot down in Rock Springs Wyoming. Been there for a couple of weeks. No for sale sign on it though. Just thought I'd mention it.

Dang, never tried to do a steering wheel.

Its absolutely stunning, T.

First wheel I've ever done, I can see I will be doing many more in the future.

The nason clear I put over the red lacquer, flowed perfectly. The wheel looks like it was dipped in cherry syrup. Lol!

very nice dave! have i told you today yet out excellent your work is. Should have been fishing though and taken a break.

Thanks buschy. We are going next weekend.

Where did you guys go?

very nice. we camped out 2 miles over pine island, saturday paul and i drove 15 miles over pine out in the mud about 34' of water and fished. only kept 10 maybe all weekend between 4 of us. thinking about going torwards springsteel saturday now.

Classy car!! Looking good Dave!!

Yeah it does!

When does she hit the road? Looks great.

She'll be ready for the road soon. We are kind if dragging our feet with the interior and a few other items. I have to have the trim on the sides of the exterior before I can close up the side panels in the interior.

Mach I soon?

Mach 1 starts this week.

Seems a lot of folks waiting to see that one get torn into.
Should start a pay per view/click.

Galaxie looking great!

This thread is great for Rick!