dhp123166 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) So I was perusing a salvage yard near my house and came up on a 1974 (approx.) BMW 533e with a real wood MOMO steering wheel. It had a few stress cracks but nothing which prohibited purchase. I pulled the wheel, the hub and horn button all for a cost of $13.00. I had visions of putting the item up for sale and making some money. Which I did (put it up for sale that is). No sales even through 2 price reductions. So the thing was sitting in the box for a week and I pulled it out because I just finally reached the opinion that this wheel is too cool to sell, it's going on my 280z. On my Z I had a Grant fake carbon fiber wheel with it's 2 piece rickety hub design. In my garage I had an old 240z steering wheel. After a flash of inspiration I decided to measure the holes on the BMW MOMO hub and the stock 240z hub...darned if they were not the same diameter. Then it was on to a manual spline count...holy crap both hubs have 36 splines! This is going to work! I pulled the Grant steering wheel and hub off my car and put the BMW MOMO hub on...yep it fit as OEM. The MOMO hub just needed about an inch of material removed from the rear to slide on all the way for the steering column nut to secure. It's a solid one piece hub and the real wood looks awesome in my ZCAR. Plus I sold the Grant fake carbon fiber steering wheel for way more than $13.00... Edited May 20, 2011 by dhp123166 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Gotta say im some what jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotech84 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 pixors??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTHALOSISM Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Sounds alot like the 70's "personal" wood steering wheel I found in the JY with hub and the Datsun horn button. Its times like these that makes it fun finding rarish things in the JY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhp123166 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Sounds alot like the 70's "personal" wood steering wheel I found in the JY with hub and the Datsun horn button. Its times like these that makes it fun finding rarish things in the JY. I LOVE walking up on vehicles in salvage yards. Here are those pictures by the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Wow great deal and nice wheel. That's got to be worth at least $14 J/K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhp123166 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Wow great deal and nice wheel. That's got to be worth at least $14 J/K Yes I'd hate to put a cheap wheel on a notoriously high cost vehicle like an s-30 Z. J/K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotech84 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 WOW worth every penny! Thanks for the pics! very nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 that's handy... I'll give you $20 bucks for it... that's a 35% gain on your investment. that's in the warren buffet profit margin range... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trbulnt Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Nice pick up. Looks just like a Grant wheel I had on my truck. The BMW may have just used a MOMO adapter. Regardless looks great. You just need a matching wood shift knob now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplyedmind Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Nice pick up. Looks just like a Grant wheel I had on my truck. The BMW may have just used a MOMO adapter. Regardless looks great. You just need a matching wood shift knob now. His Wheel says MOMO on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trbulnt Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 His Wheel says MOMO on it. It sure does! Whoops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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