Re: 64 Savoy

[Dean Miller <plypkup41@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks guys,I have a Savoy wheel that I can restore I was just wondering if there was one being reproduced.Mines a little rough but it can be saved.
Dean Miller


--- On Sun, 1/23/11, Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: 64 Savoy
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 6:55 PM
> Dean,
> 
> I think those repro wheels that are out there are
> close.  I've been working on trying to get a nice wheel
> in my '64 Belvedere for over a year (off and on).  It
> took me awhile, but until recently I thought I had it all
> straight as to which wheel is correct for which model of '64
> Plymouth.  
> 
> My Belvedere has a sport wheel on it now.  That wheel
> is different from all the rest - it has a wider center spoke
> going across the middle that tapers from narrow to wider
> from each side of the wheel to the middle (the widest
> point).  It has dual horn rings.  For a long time
> I've thought it was the incorrect wheel for my car, because
> I thought this wheel was specific to Sport Furys.  I
> thought I needed a similar wheel to the Savoy - two narrower
> spokes that angle slightly downward at the rim of the
> wheel.  The Savoy has a single horn button and no horn
> ring.  I thought the Belevedere was almost the same but
> with a horn ring.
> 
> But in recent months I've seen at least 2 Belvederes with
> the same sport wheel as mine, and now I think that was an
> option and may very well be the original wheel to my
> car.  I have a wheel from a '64 Polara I've been
> restoring - it's in nice shape for the most part.  I
> was going to use it on my Belvedere, but now I may want to
> go with the sport wheel.  the downside of that is my
> sport wheel is in really bad shape.  I don't think it's
> within my capabilities to restore it.  I haven't seen a
> sport wheel for sale so far.  In fact, original wheels
> of any kind for '64 Plymouths don't seem to be out there
> very often.  
> 
> I do think the Dodge and plymouth wheels are the same, but
> the Savoy wheel may be different from the standard
> Belvedere/Polara wheel.  That wheel has a slot in the
> hub for the horn ring.
> 
> Dave
> 
> --- On Sun, 1/23/11, Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: 64 Savoy
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 5:59 PM
> > Don't think so. They do reproduce the
> > steering wheel for the '65-'66 but didn't 
> > see anything earlier.  
> >  
> > Akron Don Gallimore
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: Dean Miller <plypkup41@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Sun, January 23, 2011 3:18:46 PM
> > > Subject: 64 Savoy
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Does anyone reproduce the base model Savoy
> steering
> > wheel?
> > > 
> > > 
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