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trjford8

11-25-2013 @ 8:41 PM

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I think all the '40 wheels are reproduced by Vintique.

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11-25-2013 @ 7:54 AM

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Try sending the vendor a letter, stating that you will not order from him in the future, unless he responds to your query.

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11-23-2013 @ 11:01 AM

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Yes, thanks everyone for verifying the 6 o'clock position on the keyway; I would have sworn it was suppose to be at the 12 o'clock location. I believe my horn button was "printed" upside down. Will try & find original. Vendor has been unresponsive to my inquiry about horn button.

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11-21-2013 @ 5:19 PM

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Oh ya, YOU have the only one like it! I have to believe there is a note pad by each of rakes operators with suggested quotes like "you're the first guy that brought that to our attention".
It's my understanding good old Bob makes NOTHING in the USA anymore.

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11-21-2013 @ 2:13 PM

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I hear you, Mike. I tried to find a repop steering wheel for my '47, and none were worth the cost, then the effort to paint. Finally, I found a NOS wheel, still in the box. Big bucks, but does setoff my NOS speedo and clock. I'm not sure who or where Drake gets parts from. Over the years, I have sent back about as much as I kept. The last Drake go round was trunk hinges that didn'r resemble the correct part. When I called, they said "you must have an odd car, as no one else complained". Humbug!

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11-21-2013 @ 8:11 AM

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"Well Now" as Jack Benny use to say:...
It would also appear that many of us got a lot of exercise, jumping to conclusions.
I just took the time to walk out to my garage and look at the original '36 Ford Banjo wheel I have hanging on the wall... You guessed it, the key-way is at the 6 o'clock position...

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11-21-2013 @ 6:58 AM

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Super, the 1940 steering wheel is a mirror image - top to bottom so even if the key way was placed "wrong" on a repop wheel, one could simply flip the wheel over. It is sounding more and more as if the horn button on Flatbob's car was molded incorrectly.
There were some buttons made back in (as I recall) the 1970's that were upside down. Perhaps they have resurfaced?
The only real issue I have witnessed (every time) with the Drake '40 wheels is the taper, while being the correct degree is never to the correct depth. too shallow or too deep. Each and every one I have installed has required modification.

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11-21-2013 @ 6:27 AM

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FB: I didn't understand that your steering wheel was a repop. In that case, it isn't surprising. There is a famous story about the Japanese attempt to copy the German Leica camera. They did a fine job, except the plan used was upside down, and the result was 180 degrees off!

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11-20-2013 @ 6:30 PM

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Flatbob, I owe you a huge apology. Earlier I had advised the wheel (key way) was at 12 o'clock. Well, I was wrong. I hate to admit but my memory (the lack thereof at times) scares me.
I am so sorry for misleading you. The key is in reality at 6 o'clock when the steering gear is centered.

SORRY!!!!

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11-20-2013 @ 3:09 PM

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Super, whoever made the repo. wheel didn't realize that when the wheel is installed the Woodruff keyway is at the 6 o'clock position rather than the 12 o'clock position on the steering shaft, thus when the horn button is installed it's upside down. Just going to live with upside down horn button.

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