Fat man steering wheel

I like this one that was installed on a Sport Coupe that was for sale some years ago at Volo.
 
"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.
 
There were several manufacturers of moveable wheels for better egress.
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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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