69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

[Frank Bernier]

Hi guys

for a 69 vette which steering wheel would be right ?

left or right ?

thanks
Frank

[Arland D.]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

Frank,

Mine looked like the one on the right.

[Frank Bernier]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

mine look like the one on the left ... but i dont know if its original from gm factory ... or dealer install or after market.

[Dick W.]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

The one on the left is a 1968 wheel.

[Frank Bernier]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

the left image is actually a 68 vette ...but the steering is identical as my early 69 vette

[Joe L.]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

Frank------

All 1969's originally used the steering wheel shown on the right in your photos. I really doubt that there were any exceptions, even for early cars. The 1968 and 1969 steering columns were completely different. 1968 used a steering column very similar to 1967. For 1969, the column changed and the same basic design was used through 1976.

[Richard F.]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

Part of the reason that a 68 steering wheel would not have seen use on a 69 was that the steering wheel was one of the many 68 mistakes. Anyone of more that average size had a hard time getting into the car. The 69 wheel was one inch smaller in diameter.

[Dick W.]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

And there are some of us that have problems with diameter of the '69 wheel being to large

[Jean C.]

Re: 69 steering wheel (right or wrong ?)

Dicky, I changed the wheel in my 68 to a later model plus have dropped 30 pounds, works wonders for driver comfort!
Charlie