I am tearing down my mark 1 midget for restoration. My next chore is to take out the dash. I removed the center nut on the steering wheel, but the wheel is wedged on the spline and I can't figure out how to remove it, brute force hasn't worked so far and I am afraid of cracking the wheel if I use leverage. The wheel is black plastic, not the cream colored one discribed for this model. None of my repair books say anything about difficulty in removing the wheel - they just say " then remove the steering wheel". The wheel appears to have been put on upside down the last time it was installed if that makes a difference. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. As an aside, my dash is painted and doesn't appear to have ever been covered in vinyl in the past, is this normal - did the earlier midgets come with a painted dash or were they all vinyl covered ? GAN 1 - 3555.