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02-20-2024, 01:11 PM | #51 |
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Re: Steering wheel choices
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02-20-2024, 04:19 PM | #52 |
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Re: Steering wheel choices
Yes. If it's not too rotted away. You begin by sanding it down all around. Then where there are deep cracks on the spokes, and in the rim, you make deep grooves with a triangular file. When you've found and grooved all the cracks, you fill each one with a two part filler epoxy. JB Weld is one brand. Make the patch bigger than the groove or pit filled in. After it's hardened -- you file and sand the wheel back to original shape.
To Paint: You shoot it with a pre wash like PRE. When dry shoot a few coats of primer. Sand down any flaws. Reshoot primer. Shoot your preferred interior color. Seal it with clearcoat. The '67-'68 wheels are made from what they called Composition. It was a paste of various nutshells and glue. Its natural color is kind of a putty/neutral.[ It was also used in 1st generation skateboard wheels -- before silicone.]They all were painted. '69 - '72 Wheels were cast in Cycolac -- a very hard plastic. Also used in bowling balls. The plastic came in the individual colors GM ordered. People have restored the Cycolac wheels using the same method as Composition, but a few have not had best results. I'd be interested in hearing how '69-Later Wheel Restorers have fared.
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02-20-2024, 07:42 PM | #53 | |
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assm. guide "kit" for restoring it from ground up. With assys, the guide accts for 1000s details such as OEM identifications& part numbers, written in short order. 700+ images include assm, illust., charts, and points of interest. Much of the info. applies to all 67-72 GM trucks, and to a lessor degree all 67-72 GM vehicles. My build thread, and more on the guide https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 |
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02-20-2024, 08:41 PM | #54 | |
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Not impossible to carve in grain on a JB Weld surface if you're an Art School type, but so few of them are also mechanics.
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