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Maclab58 · 07-06-2016, 09:21 PM

Was there ever a fat man steering wheel made to fit the model A?

Chris Haynes · 07-07-2016, 12:11 AM

I have never seen one.

Bruce · 07-07-2016, 07:37 AM

I like this one that was installed on a Sport Coupe that was for sale some years ago at Volo.

Chris Haynes · 07-07-2016, 10:34 PM

That is not a Fat Man wheel. Fat Man is a brand.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fat+...BoIwifYCobM%3A

Bruce · 07-08-2016, 09:01 AM

"Fat Man Steering Wheel" may be a brand, but a "fat man steering wheel" is an aftermarket wheel that is a bit smaller that Henry's version. It is also a tad dished -- concave -- to raise the rim above a (pardon me, Bill) senior tummy. If your steering wheel stops turning when you relax your belly, you will wish that somebody made and marketed one today.

MikeK · 07-08-2016, 09:15 AM

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There were several manufacturers of moveable wheels for better egress.

C26Pinelake · 07-08-2016, 09:20 AM

I had been told that with a moveable wheel that you had to have a remote horn and light switches?? Wayne

BILL WILLIAMSON · 07-08-2016, 11:13 AM

That's a BEAUTIFUL steering wheel! I'd LOVE to have a Jaguar-XKE wood wheel on Vermin! "Somewhere" I saw pics of Mag wheels, that looked like REAL WOOD wheels.
Bill Jag Fixr

CarlG · 07-08-2016, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON

... "Somewhere" I saw pics of Mag wheels, that looked like REAL WOOD wheels.
Bill Jag Fixr

Like these?

Wyld Bill · 07-08-2016, 07:10 PM

if you have drawings or a sample of the nevilleI would glad to make a few.

Afordman31 · 07-08-2016, 11:21 PM

Some years ago my Dad had a fat man steering wheel that he wanted to put in one of his Model T's. We took the hub out of a Model T steering wheel and I put the fat man wheel in my lathe and bored it out to fit the Model T hub. We then riveted the T hub into the fat man wheel. It worked out fine. My lathe will turn a 18" diameter so the wheel just fit in the lathe.

Capt Quahog · 07-09-2016, 07:47 PM

Yeah . . .saw a Model T Ford not that long ago with one of those fold-up type "Fat Man" steering wheels. It looked to be a pretty cool vintage gizmo. Though no longer a slender young hunk of handsome American manhood, I really don't have much trouble getting my pudgy self behind a normal stock steering wheel of an A Model Ford.

Doug Linden · 07-10-2016, 08:31 PM

I can't recall the individual, but there was a Model A at the MARC meet in Perrysburg that had a Neville Steering Wheel in it. The owner showed me how it worked, it looked and worked great.

07-06-2016, 09:21 PM	#1
Maclab58 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 983	Fat man steering wheel Was there ever a fat man steering wheel made to fit the model A?

07-07-2016, 12:11 AM	#2
Chris Haynes Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camarillo, CA and Pine Grove, CA Posts: 2,832	Re: Fat man steering wheel I have never seen one. __________________ 1921 Runabout 1930 Tudor Early 1930 AA Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?

07-07-2016, 07:37 AM	#3
Bruce Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sun City West, AZ Posts: 489	Re: Fat man steering wheel I like this one that was installed on a Sport Coupe that was for sale some years ago at Volo.

07-07-2016, 10:34 PM	#4
Chris Haynes Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camarillo, CA and Pine Grove, CA Posts: 2,832	Re: Fat man steering wheel That is not a Fat Man wheel. Fat Man is a brand. https://www.google.com/search?q=fat+...BoIwifYCobM%3A __________________ 1921 Runabout 1930 Tudor Early 1930 AA Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?

07-08-2016, 09:01 AM	#5
Bruce Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sun City West, AZ Posts: 489	Re: Fat man steering wheel "Fat Man Steering Wheel" may be a brand, but a "fat man steering wheel" is an aftermarket wheel that is a bit smaller that Henry's version. It is also a tad dished -- concave -- to raise the rim above a (pardon me, Bill) senior tummy. If your steering wheel stops turning when you relax your belly, you will wish that somebody made and marketed one today.

07-08-2016, 09:15 AM	#6
MikeK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,919	Re: Fat man steering wheel Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) There were several manufacturers of moveable wheels for better egress.

07-08-2016, 09:20 AM	#7
C26Pinelake BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto. Posts: 5,800	Re: Fat man steering wheel I had been told that with a moveable wheel that you had to have a remote horn and light switches?? Wayne

07-08-2016, 11:13 AM	#8
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Fat man steering wheel That's a BEAUTIFUL steering wheel! I'd LOVE to have a Jaguar-XKE wood wheel on Vermin! "Somewhere" I saw pics of Mag wheels, that looked like REAL WOOD wheels. Bill Jag Fixr __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

07-08-2016, 07:10 PM	#10
Wyld Bill Junior Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 1	Re: Fat man steering wheel if you have drawings or a sample of the nevilleI would glad to make a few.

07-08-2016, 11:21 PM	#11
Afordman31 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 581	Re: Fat man steering wheel Some years ago my Dad had a fat man steering wheel that he wanted to put in one of his Model T's. We took the hub out of a Model T steering wheel and I put the fat man wheel in my lathe and bored it out to fit the Model T hub. We then riveted the T hub into the fat man wheel. It worked out fine. My lathe will turn a 18" diameter so the wheel just fit in the lathe.

07-09-2016, 07:47 PM	#12
Capt Quahog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Barren windswept mountain somewhere in bleak Northeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 294	Re: Fat man steering wheel Yeah . . .saw a Model T Ford not that long ago with one of those fold-up type "Fat Man" steering wheels. It looked to be a pretty cool vintage gizmo. Though no longer a slender young hunk of handsome American manhood, I really don't have much trouble getting my pudgy self behind a normal stock steering wheel of an A Model Ford.

07-10-2016, 08:31 PM	#13
Doug Linden Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 259	Re: Fat man steering wheel I can't recall the individual, but there was a Model A at the MARC meet in Perrysburg that had a Neville Steering Wheel in it. The owner showed me how it worked, it looked and worked great.