DeTomaso Mailing List: December 2000, Message #31

At 10:58 AM -0500 12/1/00, MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/1/00 5:34:43, Panteratime@aol.com writes:
>
><< DO THEY MANUFACTURE A REPRODUCTION STEERING WHEEL THE PANTERA?  ALSO ANY
>ADVICE ON WHERE TO GET MUFFLERS FOR A GTS SETUP?- >>
>
>>>>First of all, STOP SHOUTING AT US! :>)
>
>Okay!  Now, to the questions.  First, most Panteras by now have suffered
>terminal meltdown of the steering wheel center pad, but the rest of the
>steering wheel is usually in good shape.  The center pad IS available in
>reproduction form for about $150 from any Pantera vendor.
>
>If your entire wheel is shot, it's easy to find replacements, as many (most?)
>owners have replaced their entire stock steering wheel with a more stylish
>aftermarket wheel, so these things are cluttering up lots of garages.


I should just point out, having done minor research on this, that 
what we know as the stock steering wheel is, apparently, a Mercury 
Capri POS steering wheel. It was used, again apparently, because the 
beautiful original stock wheel (black with silver spokes and a Ghia 
logo in the center - I have a pic of it on a sales brochure) was not 
padded.

I bought an aftermaket La Carra wheel with silver spokes (from 
Pantera Performance) since it was the closest I could easily find to 
the original original.

Regards

Geoffrey