1971 Speedipus Rex by dangina

By diyauto
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3 minute(s) of a 251 minute read

9-24-2014

Thanks! Next on the list is my custom hub and steering wheel setup - I got sick and tired trying to find a aftermarket hub for our bbodies so I decided to get one made. I like the bigger grips of the aftermarket wheels available for my big mits. I bought this hub, its for an ebody (what a heavy beast) but it gave me enough matierial to shave off what I needed. 





I had a machine shop shave it down to this:




got it powdercoated black 




old height stock wheel 5 3/8" deep




new height with MOMO steering wheel 3 1/8" deep




New 350mm MOMO wheel compared to the stock OEM one




I bought a 1970 steering wheel decal and was hoping it would be big enough to fit the whole MOMO button and it did, what I didn't know is about the 1970 decal is that the sticky side is on the picture side not the back side, so I took it to a local decal shop and got some made:




sanded the MOMO button (it has raised lettering with wet sand paper until she was flat:






TA-DA! The end result!





I also should note that I had to bend the flasher more straight so it wouldn't interfere with the new wheel setup!



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