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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Steering Wheel

Hi all. Hope you can help with a simpl;e question. Will an MGB steering wheel fit a 1964 Sprite? Murray.
MK McIntosh

Maybe ;-)
What year of MGB?
David "no answers, just questions" Lieb
David Lieb

most likely no
it will not fit the boss is different
and it will most likely be to big
and it does not look kike the original midgte wheel

sorry
Onno Könemann

I looked into this a while back, the only compatible wheels on Bs and midgets was late B wheels (plastic 4 spoke) onto 1500 Midgets.

Have alook at the fitting pages of the moto-lita boss section, it shows all the bosses and cars/years they will fit.

For a '64 I think you will struggle and as Onno says, it will look wrong.

Ben
B Cavagan

I have a '69 gt, and had a wheel off a '69 sprite parts car. they were interchangable. looks were similar.

don
don g

Don is right: Year for year it will fit - there were two different spline sizes, they change about 1970. However, Midgets and B's year for year both had the same mounting spline and taper. So did all other BMC cars, which means you can use any steering wheel you like so long as it is the same side of the change year. It might of course look like S*** and be too big or too small, but it will fit.

All the motolita bosses we have in stock are labelled as being both B and Midget, again year for year. So a motolita wheel and boss off a similar year B will fit your Midget.

The early B and Mk2/early Mk3 Midget wheels look similar, but are a different size, the B one being an inch or two bigger. (there are also differning numbers of wires in the spoke clusters) Might be a bit of a squeeze unless you have skinny legs!
Paul Walbran

This thread was discussed between 28/09/2009 and 07/10/2009

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