Super rare 1968 N30 wood steering wheel or one off custom made?

[68 Ragtop]

I am always looking for a nice 1968 N30 steering wheel and have seen hundreds of them. I have never seen one like this.  It's either a very rare item, or it was custom made. I am leaning towards custom made. Thoughts?




http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-CHEVROLET-YENKO-CAMARO-RS-SS-RARE-VINTAGE-REAL-WOOD-STEERING-WHEEL-OEM-/332100057011?hash=item4d52b4b7b3:g:UA4AAOSw5cNYhUMc&vxp=mtr

[william]

Looks home-made to me.

[cook_dw]

Looks home-made to me.

And ugly as shit.

[1968RSZ28]

They should have painted the center brown to match the wood; then Darrell would be saying "beautiful!"

Paul

[m22mike]

Looks home-made to me.

And ugly as shit.

Your being kind :>)

[68camaroz28]

Looks home-made to me.

And ugly as shit.

Your being kind :>)

X2, I'm with Mike!

[cook_dw]

Lol

[69Z28-RS]

Ugly it might be..  but ..  I'm thinking that somewhere/sometime over the past 30-40 yrs that I HAVE seen steering wheels similar to that..  ie..  with a standard looknig (black vinyl) type center with a wood grain ring... not sure it was even a Chevrolet... it'll come to me sooner or later, or someone with a better memory than I will pipe in on this... 

[maroman]

Is this one real wood or plastic. It looks like the varnish is rubbed off at the bottom.

[jim28607]

Looks like a Pontiac wheel to me , with a Chevrolet bow tie added?
But in reality I don't know squat , about this !!!
Just my 2 cents

[1968RSZ28]

Is this one real wood or plastic. It looks like the varnish is rubbed off at the bottom.

The eBay listing description says it's real wood.

Paul

[z28z11]

Looks like a '68 Walnut sport wheel to me - seller probably can't tell the difference. I've an old 63-67 Corvette walnut that looks just like the finish on this one: even with all the cracks it has on it, it still beats the daylights out of this one on the cosmetic side. Double ugly -

Steve

[Charley]

You can tell in the pics it is real wood. Someone put alot of work into it.

[68 Ragtop]

I am pretty sure it started life as a regular plastic N30 wheel. Somewhere along the line it probably cracked, like they all do, and someone hand crafted real wood in place of the plastic.

Interesting, but not worth the $995.00 asking price IMHO.

[Gars68Tux]

Ugly it might be..  but ..  I'm thinking that somewhere/sometime over the past 30-40 yrs that I HAVE seen steering wheels similar to that..  ie..  with a standard looknig (black vinyl) type center with a wood grain ring... not sure it was even a Chevrolet... it'll come to me sooner or later, or someone with a better memory than I will pipe in on this... 

How 'bout some of the Cudas and Challengers ? Guess if it had a Hemi I could live with it !