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1930’s Bakelite Steering Wheel Knobs

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Cars167 of 1887Two Very Rare Classic Dodge Cars66 Tripower power W30 W 30 Three 2 BBL Carbs This was optional on a 1966 OLDS 442
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    Posted 2 years ago

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    officialfuel
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    1930’s Bakelite steering wheel knobs were found yesterday out in my travels. There are three of them and they’re all complete. They would go on the inside of the steering wheel to help you turn the wheel because back in the day you didn’t have power steering.

    Michael

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    1. Trey Trey, 2 years ago
      25 cents is a steal :)
    2. officialfuel officialfuel, 2 years ago
      Trey I didn’t get them for that price on them. Lol They have been in that building over 50 years. I still got a good deal. Thank you for the love and the compliment! Always appreciated!!

      Michael
    3. officialfuel officialfuel, 2 years ago
      Thank you for the love everyone!! Always appreciated!! :-)

      Michael
    4. keramikos, 2 years ago
      officialfuel, Cool. :-)

      The patent:

      https://patents.google.com/patent/US2187764A/en

      This person did a deep dive on the device:

      https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/02/22/armstrong-steering-assist

      The folks at this forum offer various theories as to why they're called suicide knobs (I think the person who offered an anedote about their own father made a pretty persuasive case):

      https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/why-are-suicide-knobs-called-so.321496/
    5. officialfuel officialfuel, 2 years ago
      Thank you keramikos for the information. Enjoy your day! :-)

      Michael

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