Smal progress.
A short foreword.
In the last two years I was thinking about a 17" Schroeder Racing steering wheel to install it in my 55. The 230$ + shipping + import tax etc. was one of a few points why it was not happened until today. So last November I had the money to give it to myself as a christmas present. I looked at the website of Schroeder Racing and was a little shocked. They closed the business a few month before. No way to get the steering wheel.
So I looked at Ebay and other sites with no result. I found some 15" and 15.5" steering wheels, but they are too small for my non power steering. A few weeks later I found a 16" from a racing series, it was bare metal. The price was 38$ + 24$ shipping, great price for me. I bought it.
When it arrived it looked good and was solid. The paint was faded away on some spots, but that was no problem. In Germany it is not alowed to have a bare metal steering wheel in a street car. So I searched for a solution to get it wrapped. I found something interesting and cheap to try it out. It is a DIY leather steering wheel cover.
So I started with the small project. I removed some rust and painted it flat black. After that I wrapped a fabric tape around it, to get a little bigger diameter and my thought was that the leather would not slip around so easy.
Know I wrapped the leather cover around, 1.5 hours later I had a good looking steering wheel. I cost me around 90$ total.
I ordered a new Grant adaptor