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Momo/Personal? Italian-Made Three-Spoke Steering Wheel — Polished Centre

$150.00

ITALIAN-MADE THREE-SPOKE STEERING WHEEL (POLISHED CENTRE)

Archive ID: ZJP-G-0003 | Japanese Goods

Condition: Grade B (moderate, age-consistent wear)

Three-spoke steering wheel with a black leather-wrapped rim and a brushed polished alloy centre. The centre plate is machined with a six-bolt fixing circle and drilled lightening holes, and is stamped MADE IN ITALY over the date code 04-08 on the lower spoke. The rim carries a perforated grip section at the base. Documented in honest used condition and graded B.

CONDITION REPORT

- Age-consistent wear; the leather rim is complete with light surface marking and use shine.

- Brushed alloy centre is bright, with dark rub marks and light scoring around the six-bolt circle from previous fitment - clearly visible in the detail photograph.

- MADE IN ITALY and 04-08 stampings are crisp and fully legible.

- Perforated grip section at the base of the rim is intact.

- Six-bolt pattern is intact and unelongated.

- No cracks to the rim, no splits to the leather and no bends visible.

DETAILS

- Item Type: Three-spoke leather steering wheel

- Construction: Black leather-wrapped rim with perforated grip section; brushed polished alloy centre

- Markings: Stamped MADE IN ITALY over date code 04-08

- Fixing: Six-bolt pattern (standard aftermarket boss fitment)

- Features: Drilled lightening holes through the centre plate

- Origin: Italy

- Era: 2008 (from the stamped date code)

ARCHIVE NOTES

Italy has supplied the aftermarket steering wheel to the world since the 1960s, and the Italian-made wheel became a fixture of Japanese tuning culture in the same way the Recaro seat did - an imported component that signalled intent. This example is unbranded at the centre but stamped MADE IN ITALY with a 04-08 date code on the spoke, the manufacturing convention that lets a wheel of this type be dated precisely where a badge cannot. The rub marks around its bolt circle record a real fitment rather than shelf life. Origin and date are documented from the wheel's own stampings; the maker is not identified on the piece and is therefore not claimed, nor is any vehicle fitment.

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