hey everyone i wanted to get a deluxe steering wheel option for my 68 Chevelle 300 Deluxe but what is a deluxe steering wheel that ive heard so much about but no pictures, is it the comfort grip sport styled wheel? thanks alot Ryan

The auction listed below is for a 1968 deluxe steering wheel. They are very hard to find in good condition. There is one listed in the members classified area on this site.
James

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-SS-CHEVELLE-IMPALA-NOVA-CAMARO-STEERING-WHEEL_W0QQitemZ110145326155QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3370 4QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

ok, but i saw a lot of 300 Deluxe with the sports styled comfort grip/wooden steering wheel, i thought that was the deluxe steering wheel, do you know what emblem they put on the deluxe steering wheel for a 300 Deluxe??thanks Ryan

I don't think that steering wheel on ebay is correct for a 300 deluxe,the 300 deluxe wheel resembles a '67 wheel more than the '68 malibu or SS,I don't have a picture right now because I'm getting mine redone but when I get it back I will post some pics.also a '68 300 and a '68 300 Deuxe are different,I think one a has a schroud and one doesn't.
Van

'68 300 deluxe horn button

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-Chevrolet-Chevelle-300-ElCamino-Horn-Button-68_W0QQitemZ4611250417QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item4611 250417

im just going to put one of the sport styled steering wheel on it, the original walnut steering wheel the 3 spoke

68's have two plastic wheels, the standard and the deluxe. The standard came on the 300s and the deluxe came on the malibu/SS.

wait whats the standard look like? ive seen cars that had the sports steering wheels on them and they said it was ordered like that they were all 300 Cars too thanks Ryan

The 68 standard wheel, as noted before, more closely resembles a 67 wheel. That is to say it is a 3-spoke design with round horn button marked "Chevelle" in the center. No shroud. The 68 standard deluxe wheel is a different 3-spoke design, and utilizes a 3-spoke shroud with two elongated horn buttons. An emblem in the center varies... I have seen deluxe wheel emblems that say Camaro, Impala, Malibu, Super Sport, SS, SS396, SS427, Beaumont, or simply have the blue bowtie, or in the case of a Concours, the Fleur de Lis (sp).
I don't think there was a comfort grip sport wheel for 1968. There was an optional sport wheel offered, also a 3-spoke design, but with brushed aluminum spokes, and a brushed aluminum center cap/horn button with red, white, and blue cloisonne. The actual wheel was either rose wood or walnut, real or simulated, I'm not certain. But not comfort grip.
The standard deluxe wheel was a dollar added option, so perhaps it could be ordered on a 300 model. Maybe all Malibus automatically came with the standard deluxe... I cannot say. But as easily as these wheels are removed and installed, I would assume that every conceivable combination of 1968 wheel and 1968 Chevelle model exists today!

Patrick

thanks Patrick now i know what you mean:thumbsup:

Patrick,
I have 9 different emblems the deluxe steering wheel. I have all the ones you mention except the Fleur de Lis (sp). I also have one that you missed.I have a Pontiac spear emblem that came on the Canadian Pontiac Parisienne.
James

Patrick,
I have 9 different emblems the deluxe steering wheel. I have all the ones you mention except the Fleur de Lis (sp). I also have one that you missed.I have a Pontiac spear emblem that came on the Canadian Pontiac Parisienne.
James

What is the Fleur de Lis????

James, The emblem you have from the big Pontiac Parisienne is a new one to me. Thanks for the heads up. :thumbsup:

Ryan, the Fleur de Lis is a stylized flower design of European origin, most commonly associated with but not limited to, French heraldry and the French Monarchy.

ohhhhhhhhhhh...so its like the caprice emblem:thumbsup:got it now:)thanks do you know what kind they would have put on the 300 Deluxe?thanks

ohhhhhhhhhhh...so its like the caprice emblem:thumbsup:got it now:)thanks do you know what kind they would have put on the 300 Deluxe?thanks


I would think the Malibu emblem but it could have been the Chevy Bowtie.
James

The deluxe steering wheel that was ordered and that came on my original 1968 300 Spt Cpe Dlx had a bowtie.

Here is a link to my deluxe wheel. You would have the same thing different center emblem. I have a bowtie emblem in the garage somewhere.

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/PICT3385.JPG

so the bowtie would come on the 300 Series cars:o

hey dave um i dont think yours is a deluxe steering wheel buddy thats the steering wheel for the 71-72 cars:thumbsup:

You really should slow down when reading posts/pages ;-) The one that came on my ORIGINAL car is the one Mark showed, except it had the bowtie. And actually, my wheel in my current car came off a late model Camaro.

oic srry dave, anyways guys just found this on ebay a couple sites showed this wheel as being the "Deluxe Wheel" here it is:
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/Chevelle300fan/1968DeluxeSteeringWheel.jpg