Thread: Roadster pickup gets steering wheel

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Today the last of my "big ticket" (read that as expensive) items came---a new 14 1/2" Grant steering wheel for my model A roadster pickup. Of course, as soon as my work day was over, I had to rush out to the garage and install it. It sure do look pretty----BUT---here are a few usable observations. #1---I ordered a new Ididit column, and when I went to install the wheel, there is a little spring loaded contact shaft necessary to make the horn work, and it didn't come with the column, nor with the steering wheel and adapter installation kit. #2---The instructions with the steering wheel kit covers so many different applications that it is kinda hard to figure out exactly what they are trying to tell you. #3--That 4" column drop is not long enough, even with a tilt column. The front of my seat is 10 1/2" off the floor (that keeps top of my head below the top of the windshield) and 30" from unrecessed portion of firewall to the front of the seat. For me to set comfortably and hold the top of the steering wheel as I like to do when driving, without leaning foreward, the steering wheel is going to have to drop another 1 1/2" lower. Thats not a huge problem, as I will put a spacer between the top of the column drop and the structural support that it hangs from behind the dash. #4---That beautifull billet horn button adapter and horn button is extremely easy to remove. Just grab it and pull, and its yours!!!! You can bet your bippy that once everything is set up properly, there will be some super strength epoxy layed in there, to ward off the light fingered gawkers. (This is kind of a shabby design, considering the money you pay for one of these things) I am glad to have the wheel now, as it will let me finalize the column position before I dive back into the black art of steering universal joint placement.