Re: 64 Savoy

[Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>]

JB weld can be used and Eastwood has a kit, also.  Mopar Muscle had a few 
articles on this. Check the tech section on their website - might find it.
 
Akron Don Gallimore



----- Original Message ----
> From: Dean Miller <plypkup41@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, January 23, 2011 9:07:33 PM
> Subject: Re: 64 Savoy
> 
> 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
> 
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> --- On Sun, 1/23/11, Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > 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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