N34 Sport Steering Wheel

[EdEstabrook]

I've just aquired a 1969 RS SS396 with the deluxe interior package, itemized as 712 on the firewall trim tab as I recall.  The steering wheel is the base model with a simulated wood grain center section and the SS emblem in the center.
I'm aware of the RPO N34 Sport Steering Wheel and believe it to be much more astetically appealing.  I've seen some versions of this wheel with a Rosewood outer ring (where you grasp the wheel).  I may have heard that the early production ones for 1969 Camaros in late '68 had plastic outer rings until around December...then they began manufacturing the Rosewood version.  Part of the reason was to more closly match the simulated wood grain coverings of the deluxe interior's dash / console pieces.  This may just be rumor.
Was the Rosewood version of the N34 Sport Steering Wheel offered on '69 Camaros?  Or was this possibly a "Corvette-only" option of the N34?
Thanks all.

[JohnZ]

Early '69 cars with RPO N34 specified got simulated walnut wheels, then the wheel changed to simulated rosewood; both colors were molded plastic rims. The only genuine wood-rim steering wheels were RPO N32 teakwood on '65-'66 Corvettes.

[EdEstabrook]

There's my answer!  Thanks very much.

[dz2869]

Does anyone know if the sport sreeing wheel N34 was ever offered in Black for 1969 camaros? 
Thanks

[JohnZ]

Does anyone know if the sport sreeing wheel N34 was ever offered in Black for 1969 camaros? 
Thanks

Nope. As far as we've been able to determine, no Camaros were built with the RPO NK1 steering wheel that is alleged to have been available late in '69, and it never showed up in the Dealer Ordering Information.

[dz2869]

Thanks!