fat man steering wheels

[stitchdup]

have fat man steering wheels been in any kits? or does any aftermarket suppliers make one? I'm building a bomb style lowrider and i'd like to use one if they're available

[slusher]

Are you talking about the chain steering wheel?  Most Lowrider kits had one. The 64 Chevy Impala had one friend."

[Mark]

The "fat man" steering wheel is an early variation on a tilt wheel.  You could reposition the wheel off-center so that an overweight person could sit in the drivers' seat without having the lower part of the wheels rim squeezing him.  The earliest ones were aftermarket items, but there were factory accessory ones later on.  Some of the lowrider guys like to add as many of the accessories as they can find--but only the factory ones, not generic aftermarket stuff.

There aren't any available in kits that I'm aware of, but some of the lowrider model builders are all-in on 3D print items.  Something ought to turn up there.

[espo]

I think the old AMT '57 Ford hardtop kit had an option of a tilt steering column to go with the custom interior option. 

[stitchdup]

thanks for the help folks. Carl, these are fat man steering wheels. they slide or hinge on the centre to make space. they might have another name but i've only heard them called fat mans

 

[Mark]

I don't know if the last one pictured can be moved off-center to the steering column, but it does have the "spinner" off to the left.  The driver could grab that small handle and turn the wheel like a crank.  My older brother bought one of those to flip on eBay about fifteen years ago.  It was a GM accessory for a '40 or '41 Chevy.  It needed a complete restoration but was all there; a lowrider guy paid around $1,000 for it nevertheless.