Ferrero steering wheel or fake?

Sure seems like a small wheel, but I (& many others) love the style.

Are you sure that one’s not for a tiny Fiat 500?

Are you gonna be able to turn those massive 13 inch wide front tires on your Group 4 car with that?

I guess that will start you on the slippery slope of electric power steering!

PS.  I think your steering is “wheel” and not fake!

(Joke / pun…. Reread your title!)

I have never heard of a PCD that small. Are you sure you are correctly measuring?

My genuine Ferrero two spoke is 75 PCD

it is also stitched leather, not vinyl.

Larry

I love my powersteering!!!

little steering wheel = lots of legroom

does your hub have the recess for the turn signal return actuator?

hmmm is that the name for it?

You said the wheel was not stitched, but this sure looks like stitching?

@LeMans850i posted:

does your hub have the recess for the turn signal return actuator?

that hub has a round brass horn ring and is definitely not correct for the pantera/Capri splined hub

Larry

You can use this information for the machining!

Rocky

https://pantera.infopop.cc/top...service-bolt-circles

Larry

You are correct, the plastic wheel cover is stitched on, I didn’t see it cuz it was so fine

forgot to mention that no where on the wheel does it say ferrero.

the seller told me not all ferrero wheels are stamped Ferrero, sounds like BS to me; anyone hear of this?

This is the reproduction Ferrero steering wheel I ordered, which is about 14" in diameter.

https://ricambilanciafulvia.it...nte-replica-ferrero/

@garth66 posted:

This is the reproduction Ferrero steering wheel I ordered, which is about 14" in diameter.

https://ricambilanciafulvia.it...nte-replica-ferrero/

Garth

what is the pcd bolt circle?

what hub did you use to make it work

I haven't receive it yet, so I have no idea.  It looks right, and for the price I figured it was worth the gamble.  I can have an adapter machined or modified if necessary.  I actually ordered it from an eBay seller who is including the hub/adapter (but for a 1972 Lancia Fulvia).  I'll let you know what I actually receive when it comes.

Note that the eBay seller does not ship outside of Italy - It was quite a hassle to arrange shipping to my company's Italy office to then have the package forwarded to me.

I discovered the link I posted above only after I had already ordered the same part from the eBay seller.

I decided to put on hold the adapter plan I outlined earlier cuz I found a 6 bolt adapter (boss) advertised for an early Capri. So I’m hoping the splines match up to what I’ve been led to believe is a factory early Capri shaft on my pb.  We shall see…

If the splines match then I’ll need to drill/ tap new mounting holes for my 63 mm pcd

note: after many hours on the net I found only one source for an adapter for early Capri steering shaft called Autotechnica out of Australia

If you are able to drill the holes offset from the existing ones, you can have a “dual use” adapter…

Will there be about a 6” location difference (front to back) between the stock wheel on it’s collapsible metal “tube” and your new, shorter 1” adapter?

Autotechnica boss kit #141 looks 6+ inch long, not 1 inch

Available from an overseas seller on eBay. Luisi hub #2703

I have one of these I previously purchased to confirm proper fit, and it does have the correct taper and splines needed for our cars.

my hub is available for $80 to include shipping.

I bought the above hub too and it works fine.

Be very careful of the spline fit. Some overseas vendors used to sell adapters that had the proper spline count but the OD was slightly too large- only the outermost 0.015" of the splines matched a Pantera steering shaft. A healthy human in a Pantera with big wheels has been known to strip out those mismatched splines during vigorous driving. If it rattles on the steering shaft without the nut, you need a different adapter!

Here is the finished Ferrero wheel on 1310

took a lot of work to mate the 63mm pcd at the wheel hub to the new adapter hub at 70 mm

also the adapter hub was too long and didn’t engage the splines/ taper completely so I sawed off the bottom of the adapter about 1/4 inch

still need to work on getting the signal stalk to return

Can you provide some specific information on the splined hub adapter that you purchased and used?

Thanks,

Larry

Autotecnica boss kit 141 from Australia

You are now officially “The Shizzle” here in Arizona with that new two spoke steering wheel!

Very nice!!!

(Except for that Abarth Scorpion!!)

Thanks

looking for an Isis button

My early pushbutton had the Ghia emblem, for what it's worth.

You might try the vendors for an Isis horn button. I have never seen one online.

The genuine OEM two spoke wheel did have a Ghia emblem for the horn button, but this wheel is far from a genuine wheel.

Larry

What's the diameter of the emblem?

I am looking for an original ,, Ghia" Pantera horn button/ steeringwheel center.

Simon

Seems like those were stock on the 145-or-so U.S-version Pantera GTS models of '73-74. And GTS stuff came from DeTomaso's Gr-3/GR-4 Euro parts supplement so there should be a few around- maybe at the vendors?