I have finally made a new centre bit for the steering wheel. Just a wooden thing with a leather cover that jams into the opening and covers the retaining nut.
Got the steering wheel back on, I think it looks good and fits with the theme. Not sure what the theme is, but I still think it fits. Much like the off white wheels, that I may paint black or some other tire type colour. Here is a decent before photo of the original cover: Then I removed the cover, and posted here about it: https://bhhh.co.uk/skinned-the-steering-wheel/. This is the picture I used there: And now..
That’s it, good enough, just gotta re-fit it. Now begins the testing phase of seeing how this leather cover works, I wonder if it’ll stretch and come loose on the wheel. Perhaps the stitching will need to be tightened. Who knows, but I’ll only find out one way, so I shall re-fit it and see. Next I might see about making a matching gear stick gaiter and perhaps gear knob covers.
Spent an hour last night stitching the cover onto the wheel. I think I should have made it a tighter fit around the circumference, as I am getting a little bit of loose material around the spokes (or what ever they are). But I don’t think it’s a deal breaker yet.
I picked up a real leather sofa (for free!) back towards the tail end of last year, I was imagining it would be a nice sitting and contemplation spot for the garage, but it went moldy. So I didn’t sit on it much, and then I decided I wanted to re-cover the Land Rover steering where. As such the sofa is being broken up for it’s raw materials. I’ll aim to keep the bulk of it, all of the leather and wood, though probably not the cushion fillings and foam. I used a dilute bleach mixture to removed the mold and have left it all to dry. I plan on covering the steering wheel first off. Then probably making a touch holder for my maglite. I may set about covering the top bit of dash too.
The ‘leather’ has been giving up on the steering wheel in the Land Rover for quite some time now. So yesterday I took a knife to the stitching and removed it. Underneath is a fairly hard foam type material which will suffice for the time being. I rather like the thinner wheel. Maybe I’ll find a paint to cover and protect the wheel.
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