While still waiting on return of the rear louvre from the local body shop (dropped it off in early November), and trying to find time to take care of a few preparation steps ahead of firing up the engine after a long nap, I came across another owner online who was selling some parts. One of the parts was a steering wheel in very good shape.
My old steering wheel had the leather wrap badly deteriorated so I had pulled it off with plans to get a local upholstery shop to recover at some point.
I decided I would instead swap it out with a good unit and sell my old one to someone who wants to get it recovered on their terms.
Here is the new wheel installed. It took me 5 minutes to swap out. This was possibly one of the easiest jobs I've ever tackled on this car. I had read where others had had tough times getting them off the tapered spine shaft.
And finally, here is a picture of the old wheel on my workbench.
