I like the Nardi one!

I do have to vote for the original wheel though, nothing makes you feel like you're driving a classic more then a big bus sized steering wheel with a Tiny thin hoop :P

 

I agree with that.

 

Whilst I also agree with the feel of driving a classic is the skinny rim I wouldn't enjoy driving it a long distance withought a thicker rim...just my .02c

 

On that basis BMC sure made a lot of classic cars :-) and the Morry addicts would agree with you.

 

Wow and actual horn ring! I havent seen one of those since the 70s on my much loved HD.

 

Heres another view of my nardi, 8 years difference in the pics, car is garage kept and dash has still faded!!

 

Very good point.

Another good point is that with a smaller wheel with thicker hoop your old classic all of sudden feels a lot more like a race car and I like driving my jag like a race car sometimes :P

 

This wheel is in fact a correct and authentic Series III XJ wheel that was the standard wheel on all 1990 to 1992 Jaguar (not Daimler) versions. It looks better and feels better than the earlier wheel and is very slightly smaller. The cars seems to handle differently with this wheel - obviously an entirely subjective impression, but it is there. Fitting this wheel avoids the "it's just wrong" appearance of aftermarket wheels designed for sports cars rather than luxury saloons. And it was also on the 1989 US and 89 and 90 Canadian XJS as well.

 

And it works. Last one I had was a much loved HR.

 

I was too poor back then to consider a HR, so I went for the unpopular cousin. Wasnt a bad thing with a bigger sway bar to help it actually turn rather than plow into a corner.

 

Clarke & Steve, not wishing to get too far off topic, but my recollection of HD & HR wheels is a full width brushed metal horn bar - i.e. not a horn ring. On the other hand, maybe it was the Premier models that had a half ring?? Don't get many of those to the pound these days, can't remember when I last saw a Premier from any series!

 

The only thing I can say for sure was that mine certainly wasnt a Premier :-) You may be right , I could be having car dyslexia.

 

I think you might be right Tony, now I think about it my mate had an HR sedan with no ring. Mine was the X2 model with all the goodies.
I remember when driving his car I couldn't rest my rollie pouch on the horn ring when rolling a smoke(while driving).

 

This is the 12C. I have a similar wheel on my XJS. I liked the fact that it took off about 1" off the diameter compared to the original wheel.

 

Well, I can not remember any car that I had that had a horn ring???
And, as I last recall lit I made of past and present cars, it was about 80!!! Perhaps the first with a ring was the quaint little 41 Studebaker Champion tudor. Nice looking, but, it's little six was :gutless". A quaint front suspension allowed the wheels to tilt. one in ant the top and the other out at the top???


Ah, yes, in my "poor starved" college days, Bull Ddurham in ZZZ
papers. Not so, Mom and dad provided room and board. Anything else, "work for it". which I did. Full service gas station.


An empty sack hangs on the shop wall as a token of the "good old days"??


A decade or so I saw the papers for sale in a convenience store. still used, but not for Tabaco....


Dad told us of a tale in his early days as a young soldier. he was driving a 6x6, possibly an Indiana. A gruff older sergeant was riding shot gun. Dad whipped out his sack and proceeded to roll a "quirly".
Sarg said. "son, keep your hands on the wheel and I'll keep you in
Taylor mades".


Little machines were available to roll a decent looking cig.


Glad I ditched that habit in 78!!!!


Carl

 

Wow! I believe X2's were never in abundance back then, bet you wish you still had it today!!

 

pic of my wheel and interior 1978 XJS roadster V12.

 

He's a bit posh isnt he? X2 indeed.

We have a guy in the local car club with a nice white standard looking X2. Under the bonnet is spec'd out to XU1 standard. Sorta goes a bit.

Sorry to all our overseas friends who NFI what we are on about. And if you cant work out NFI you will have to PM me because draconian word filters and tyrannical overlords.

 

At the time I didn't know it was something special, drove it for 7 years daily doing about 600-1000km per week.Only time it ever stopped was a loose earth wire on the LPG. I did 220000 miles in it.
When I stuck it in the Trading Post for sale the phone started ringing at 5am, was sold by 7.30.
To me it was the work car that needed paint and carpet. Sold it because we had a young family and couldn't afford to keep two cars and a bike serviced and registered.

 

Smith356:


Were I to swap steering wheels in my S3, unlikely as t is, yours would suit me best. Nice. Fits in just right.


Way back when I tried junk racing on a desert oval, better cars began to race. One or two of those were California roadsters. But, refitted with big truck steering boxes and wheels. Object, quicker yet easier steering. Easier to induce "tail out' and then gather it back. Too fast
for my junk. retired....


Carl