1968 AMX steering wheel

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   Starting in the early 70s AMC offered a 3 metal spoke "Sport" wheel that was used on various models including the "X" models like the Gremlin X and Hornet X and many Jeeps. This wheel is a direct swap to the steering columns of all AMC cars starting in 1967 which used the GM-Saginaw steering columns. Since these are GM columms I strongly suspect that most regular GM steering wheels of this era will swap to our AMC columns. GM offered a simulated wood rim wheel option on Cameros, Buick GS models and maybe others as well in this same time period. This wheel had a all wood look rim and three metal spokes very similar to the AMC Sport wheel. 
(The AMC Sport wheel was never offered in wood grain but it was offered with various styles and colors of a soft feel vinyl rim as well as leather wrapped later on in the 70s.)  The GM horn button used with these GM wood grain wheels was about the same diameter and IIRC used the same type of horn contact and mounting arrangement for the horn "button" as used on the AMC 3 metal spoke Sport wheels. These GM "wood rim" wheels are being reproduced and I was just wondering  if they would be a fit to our AMC cars and if so, if the AMC Sport wheel horn button/center cap could be used or adapted to be used with the GM wheels.

The GM wheel would not be correct for a concours stock car but could very well be a nice alternative to the original 3 spoke wood grain wheels that AMC used from 67 through 69 and the two spoke woodgrain wheels used up to 72 or so that are so hard (and expensive)to come by today. 

Edited by george w - Mar/08/2021 at 9:06am