Steering Wheel

[Helicopter]

I have a '73 with blue interior. Almost done with the inside except for the two-spoke steering Wheel. It is in bad shape !! cracks, gaps etc.
Is there any place round that has original type wheels in blue colour?
TNX
Roy

 

[Don C]

Repairing your old one may be the best way:
https://7173mustangs.com/threads/steering-wheel-rehab.37640/

 

[Helicopter]

Repairing your old one may be the best way:
https://7173mustangs.com/threads/steering-wheel-rehab.37640/

I wish but I think this one is beyond repair. The gaps are 5mm wide.
I am a bit surprised that aftermarket replacements are not readily available. Definably a market for them but no suppliers.

 

[71coop]

Parts are sold:
Steering wheel
and
Horn Pad
The pad needs dyed, which is very doable. Not sure about painting the actual wheel, since it only appears to come in black.

 

[jpaz]

5mm is not that big of a gap. See the pics of the my wheel I repaired. I had gaps that wide after I used a dremmel tool to widen them. My wheel and pad were green and I painted both black. Turned out pretty good. Any crack needs to be ground out and widened to get the epoxy to stick good anyway.