Mystery Steering Wheel - Help identify

[vping]

Trying this one more timre before I eBay it. I posted this a few months back and we all had a good kick outta trying to figure it out. Figured maybe someone has seen it since then at a car show or something. This is a stumper even to the guy that restores steering wheels for a living. Come on guys, what is it!

 

[Basil]

It looks very similar to the wheel on my 1950 Daimler Special Sport, but also like the one on my 1948 Daimler DB18 I used to own. I'm wondering if there were not a lot of old British cars of that era that used this type wheel?

https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/1906

Basil

 

[Basil]

But it looks even more like this from a 55 TR2:

 

[Mickey Richaud]

TR2 and 3 wheels were the same, but vping's has three spokes on the bottom, four on the two on the sides. Pretty unique...

 

[Basil]

TR2 and 3 wheels were the same, but vping's has three spokes on the bottom, four on the two on the sides. Pretty unique...

Oh yeah, didn't notice that...otherwise pretty close.

 

[tony barnhill]

Early MG Magnette.

 

[vping]

Show me a pic if you have one. The 3 spoke vertical is the stumper. No markings on this anywhere.

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

Perhaps it's French or German and not an LBC. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
I'll take a wild guess and say Rootes Group,Humber Hawk. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

Stuart. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif

 

[Basil]

Early MG Magnette.

I think Tony wins:

 

[tony barnhill]

Here's the broken one in my '56 MG ZB Magnette - 4 spokes across, 3 down...the last time I backed into the garage & cut her hard to turn into the parking space not only did the right 4 spokes break but I bent the bottom 3...now I've gotta find another!

But, look at all that wood!

 

[Basil]

Uh, Tony - You may not have to look too far!

 

[tony barnhill]

I think his is about to break in the same place:

 

[vping]

WOW. I think we have a winner. Sure looks like it.

 

[tony barnhill]

Now tell me its condition & what your restorer said it'd cost to redo it....

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

He's not called the Autoist for nothing. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

Stuart. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif

 

[vping]

Condition is kinda self explanitory. Cracks in it but fairly solid. I can provide more pics. The wheel restorer I contacted about my TD wheel told me that it'd be cheaper to buy a moss repro. What is would cost to restore this I am not sure.

 

[tony barnhill]

More pics, pleasae - closeups of cracked area

 

[vping]

Here you go.

 

[vping]

It's more solid than I remember. I does need to be repaired before you could use it though it is a great piece to start with.

 

[tony barnhill]

That 3rd photo looks sorta like mine did right before it popped!