Astrali Leather Steering Wheel

[Graham Robertson]

Got a leather Astrali wheel on ebay. I think it looks similar to the Moto-lita wheels fitted to TR8's.
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Graham
1977 TR7 FHC Flamenco Red

[jclay (RIP 2018)]

Lower case (img)

[tr7jim]

Graham,

The period wheel was made from Dur-Aluminium so lighter but retaining the strength to a degree but claspes in a crash. The Stainless steel ones usaully retains its shape.

Hope nobody ever needs to use this later option in a TR7.

Jim Johnson

[Graham Robertson]

Hi Jim - thanks for the advice. Are you saying the original (standard) wheel would be safer?


Graham
1977 TR7 FHC Flamenco Red

[Beans]

A friend of mine has an Astrali wheel in his GT6 and that's alloy so don't you worry, This one looks like polished alloy to me.
Actually never seen (stainless) steel after market steering wheels.


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<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
http://tr7beans.blogspot.com/</i></font id="blue"></center>

[Rich in Vancouver]

So, The aluminum wheels collapse so that the steering column will impact your sternum? Ouch! Think I would rather have a stainless wheel for a larger impact area.
Not that it would matter much anyway if you hit something that hard![xx(]

Cheers,
Richard

1975 TR7 ACL764U

[omichaelshar]

Ideally you want the hub/boss to collapse if the driver impacts onto the steering.

Momo makes a range of this type of boss, but not one for a wedge. I have two of their cast alloy centres which rely on the straps and wheel frame to control the g forces.

I hope my driving keeps me away from such a test.

I prefer the Momo Prototipo on the wedge:


Owen

[Graham Robertson]

I also picked up a nice "Amco" leather gear shift knob.




Graham
1977 TR7 FHC Flamenco Red

[Beans]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Rich in Vancouver</i>

... so that the steering column will impact your sternum? Ouch! <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
TR7 steering column is collapsable, so always use the safety belts. Harness is even better.
But better still, don't drive into antything [:p]

<center>
<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
http://tr7beans.blogspot.com/</i></font id="blue"></center>