I thought I would share some photos of a re-molded or re-casted 68 deluxe steering wheel that I just acquired. It was restored by Dennis at www.qualityrestorations.com

Their process is quite involved. Below I copied their details. They are expensive but the quality is real nice. I think they run around 1200.00-1400.00. It's been awhile since I contacted him and I cant find exactly how much they were. I lucked up and purchased this off of eBay. It had never been installed since it was restored.


This is a general description of my recast process. Each steering wheel is different in design and structure thus requiring it's own specific procedure.

I remove all of the old plastic, bead blast the frame and paint it the same color as the plastic. Through my proprietary process, I cast on a specially formulated thermoset UV stable plastic in the original configuration without loss of the original detail. The plastic does not shrink, crack, turn yellow or change colors.

The steering wheel frame is placed into the appropriate mold. The clear liquid urethane is tinted to the desired color and added to the mold. Upon completion of the curing process, the plastic is heat treated, sanded and polished. The color is uniform throughout the plastic and the finished product is polished plastic, not a painted wheel. The molded plastic is one complete casting, there are no joints.

Price and turn around times vary. Certain wheels include matching gear shift and turn signal knobs. For the continental US, there is a return shipping charge of $20 - $40 which includes $1000.00 of insurance. At times, I have restored steering wheels in popular colors available for immediate exchange. Call me at 858-271-7374, for current turn around times, shipping information and any other questions.