02-08-2017, 08:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-08-2017, 10:30 PM by Randy Dacus.)
That's right Dom......
Unless you want to purchase 200 wheels or more and pay extra .....this is the Covico you get from the Marine Outlets .
I've chatted with some in the know and I doubt you can get the old era correct "Covico"......maybe Mike Berg will have some reproduced *, I know someone that can make them, but said he isn't going to make any for sale......that's all there is to it for the time being.
* Berg has an original Covico to measure, so that's as good as it will get for reproduction.
There are a limited number of K&P Bug* steering wheels for sale from John Woods, if you want a NOS Bug wheel they go for around $120.
* I have been told that even these reproductions aren't exact because of production methods used to form the bends .
Romero was looking at them at the Adams Event, I showed him the Speedway wheel on the Welte/Bug I was bringing
home . So it all comes down to what you want and are willing to pay for a nice steering wheel......finding Vintage parts that are really nice is not easy......
If you listen to someone like Jack Murray, then you can understand why his collection has the value it does.......
Tom Smith listening to Jack at Riverside....image .
Unless you want to purchase 200 wheels or more and pay extra .....this is the Covico you get from the Marine Outlets .
I've chatted with some in the know and I doubt you can get the old era correct "Covico"......maybe Mike Berg will have some reproduced *, I know someone that can make them, but said he isn't going to make any for sale......that's all there is to it for the time being.
* Berg has an original Covico to measure, so that's as good as it will get for reproduction.
There are a limited number of K&P Bug* steering wheels for sale from John Woods, if you want a NOS Bug wheel they go for around $120.
* I have been told that even these reproductions aren't exact because of production methods used to form the bends .
Romero was looking at them at the Adams Event, I showed him the Speedway wheel on the Welte/Bug I was bringing
home . So it all comes down to what you want and are willing to pay for a nice steering wheel......finding Vintage parts that are really nice is not easy......
If you listen to someone like Jack Murray, then you can understand why his collection has the value it does.......
Tom Smith listening to Jack at Riverside....image .