Description

1968 – 1969 Ford Shelby COBRA GT 350
Original F.I.V. WOOD Steering Wheel
Made in 1968 – New Old Stock

Fitted With A Safe Strong New Hub / Boss
To fit Mustang Shelby 1968 – 1969

Beautiful fully-covered wooden rim with backside finger grip.
Real wooden rim with backside black line.
Strong brushed stainless steel spokes.

New custom Mustang adapter (Not Grant) and hub specially manufactured with the correct height to fit perfectly 1968 – 1969 Mustang/Shelby steering column cars.

This steering wheel with hub/boss has the same height as the original steering wheel made for 1968 – 1969 Shelby COBRA GT 350 – GT 500 in order to have correct clearance for the directional lever.(see last pictures)

Large horn button assembly with Ford Shelby Cobra GT350 center emblem.
This steering wheel is guaranteed real wood and an Original New Old Stock F.I.V. manufactured in 1968.

The steering wheel is safe and will not have any electrical short circuit as F.I.V. had in the past.

All original F.I.V. wood steering wheels have a Marking ” F.I.V. + either Secura – Monza – Torino – KK” embossed (not engraved) on front of the lower spoke.
All Original F.I.V. wood steering wheels have a marking on the backside of the lower spoke “INT. PATENTED MADE IN ITALY” embossed (not engraved).

Similar steering wheels with no embossed marking are counterfeit.

Ready to place on your car.

F.I.V (Fabrica Italiana Volanti s.p.a.) took over the EFFPI Company at the end of 1967.

F.I.V. manufactured steering wheels for many different car manufacturers between 1967 and the end of 1968 for Fiat – Maserati – Porsche – BMW- Shelby and others.

F.I.V. used originally a similar type of adapter as GRANT. The horn button assembly and contact rings were electrically isolated through 12 small isolation rubbers. Those thin isolation rubbers placed between 12 rivets holding the adapter and horn button assembly (between the frame of the steering wheel) did not properly isolate the electrical circuit + – of the backside horn contacts to the complicated and badly developed horn button assembly. This resulted in a short circuit through the horn button, the plastic horn button center melted, the backside horn contact ring got damaged, the wiring melted in the steering column housing, and many cars caught fire from this electrical shortcut.

Unfortunately the company got into bankruptcy and closed down in 1969 due to too many law cases against them because many cars got electrical shortcuts caused by the problem described above.
See last pictures below this description of an original non modified F.I.V. Shelby/Mustang steering wheel backside horn contact rings, adapter and horn button assembly and 2 pictures showing the damaged caused on a horn button and backside horn contact ring through an electrical shortcut.