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He guys, I’m looking for input in the value of a steering wheel. I have my original factory wheel that I took off the car. It was a standard interior car with dark green interior.

The wheel is in excellent condition for its age. There’s not a single crack on it and the chrome trim ring is bright without dulling.

The wheel is just a little grimy from being 50 years old. Nothing a good solvent wouldn’t take care of.

I am switching the interior color to black, so I’ll never need this wheel again. I know these things get expensive to have recast and I’m sure a fellow Pontiac owner could use a good oem wheel that doesn’t brake the bank. Any ideas on the value on something like this?

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Can you post a picture or two? A few years back, I sold a really nice red 67 deluxe wheel for $400.

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'69 - early '70's Standard Strg wheel was the base strg wheel on Pontiac A,B, F series. All molded plastic, a single wide bar from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock. Typically has at least one large crack in the hub area & at least one or two cracks in the rim. If only one hub crack & one in the outer rim, & the cover plate & horn buttons is in really nice shape, $75 retail, not much more. More cracks in the rim, price decreases substantially.

Have correctly repaired & refinished a '69-71 black Std wheel for one of my '71's. Also have a '71 blue as well as a '71 sandalwood one, both w minimal cracks, & on the to list to restore... fairly time consuming.

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Here are several pictures of the wheel.
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And the front cover.
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that is a Deluxe strg wheel, same color '69 wheel as was in my Dads '69 Executive wagon. These don't crack, they just get very sticky feeling around the rim. I've sold a few nice grain black ones with the matching cover plate & three nice color matching buttons in the $150-175 range. For some reason there are some years & colors that don't sell welL. '69-70 blue as well as '69-70 red & '70 sandalwood have also been good sellers.

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Yeah this on Le is a bit sticky is all. Is there anything can can clean that sticky feel up?

I might put this up at the top of the price window and see what it fetches.

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I put the one from my Judge in the dish washer when the wife was gone,came out great and I got the correct spray color and shot it myself and it came out great.You might think about doing that to yours and keeping it?Tom

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I already have the replacement wheel for the car. I’m truth I never liked this wheel to begin with. It’s not thick enough for my liking and is too large in diameter.

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Check ebay completed listings for prices. Actual sale prices are best predictor. Difficult to get rid of the sticky as far as I know.

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ive had good luck getting rid of the sticky by using hand cleaner. joes works really good

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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give those a try and see if I can get this wheel cleaned up a bit more.

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Nice wheel. Wish someone reproduced the horn buttons...need one and coming up empty.

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ive had good luck getting rid of the sticky by using hand cleaner. joes works really good
I was told brake cleaner gets the ick off, but not for long. Once these old Pontiac wheels get the sticky ick, it's almost impossible to get rid of it.

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I would think the value is $75-100. I've wiped them down with lacquer thinner in the past to remove the sticky feel. Then a vinyl cleaner to bring out a good shine.

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I removed the sticky from a '69 sport wheel horn button. Was pretty proud of myself for coming up with a concoction of different solutions that got it like new. About 3~4 months later, I checked it and it was beginning to get sticky again.
Can't say what happened after that.. I got rid of it and converted the wheel to a '68.

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my experience in looking for these deluxe wheels in black, is that they can get pricey fast.
I decided a while ago to look for a replacement of my wheel, and being a black one, it seemed like most were being marked up because of the propensity to be installed in a GTO Judge.
Thankfully a local hooked me up, but I am ever casually looking for a mint black example.

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I got the sticky off using simple green Initially, and then wiping it down with mineral spirits. It sat for a while and got sticky again. I redid the same process, but it hasn’t gotten sticky for over a year. I think it stays ok once you clean it if you drive the car regularly.

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I fixed the sticky issue by replacing it with a wood wheel!

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