doctorgene

Gentleman: I have a metal horn button on my 1982 Tilt/Telescope column. I found a Rubber one at a recent swap meet. Can anyone give me a little history on these. Thank's Gene

Big2Bird

Metal with a plastic insert is correct. Never heard of a rubber one.

Easy Mike

Post a pic of your swap meet find. Is it Corvette?

0Willcox Corvette

1978-1982 cars without tilt tele had a very odd horn button and steering wheel. This is a picture of the one in my low mileage 78 sa car. I know 79 could have had a non tele column, but I believe 80-82 cars all had tilt tele... (someone else chime in on that). I'm not really sure.

But considering how odd my SA car is.. non tilt, l-82, 4speed with manual windows. lol.. And I hate to drive the car because at with my height, it's next to impossible for me to shift the gears. I do have a tele column here that I could stick in it but the car is so pure I really don't want to do that.

Is this the cap you found?

gbvette62

The plastic 4 spoke wheel was used on all 76's, and 77-79's with the standard, straight column. 77-79's with tilt/tele came with the leather, 3 spoke wheel. Tilt/tele became standard in 1980, as did the leather wheel.

0Willcox Corvette

What ever the fit is.. I think we'll all agree... FUGLY... To me one of the worst designs GM pulled off.

gbvette62

I don't know that it was a "FUGLY" wheel, I just think it looks out of place in a Corvette.

The same wheel was offered as an optional "sport wheel" on 71 Camaro's and 71-72 Chevelle's, and was standard on all 73-81 Camaro's and Vega GT's. On a Camaro, it was a good looking wheel, and quite an improvement over the regular skinny, smooth, hard plastic rim wheels, used on most Chevrolet's of the era. They just looked cheap when installed on a Corvette.

Big2Bird

What a POS that car was.

doctorgene

Yes Sir; Mr. Willcox, That is the cap I have found. It has the Corvette flags on it, just like the one you have shown. Thank's for the info. Thank's for all the come backs. Gene

0Willcox Corvette

Well I hope you bought it.. because finding a good one is getting pretty had to find these days...

Ernie

doctorgene

Yes Sir; Mr. Erine Willcox, Don't ask me why. but yes I did buy it. LOL. Even though I don't have anything it will fit. Shelf it like the rest of my ( I don't know why parts. ) Have a great one. Gene

0Willcox Corvette

Smart man there Gene.. these buttons are hard to find.

I've got boxes of "I don't know why parts and other stuff... " new and used...

My wife say's pickers will have a delight when I croak... I collect everything from signs, to beer paraphernalia and I might even have a few old GM go karts laying around upstairs.. lol... I'll let her handle this when my days have passed...

E

0Willcox Corvette

Bigbird.. this car drives like it just rolled off the showroom.. I love the drive of it... but the non tilt wheel and me being 6-4 makes it nearly impossible to drive. The car itself is pristine, but knowing the inherit issues the 1978 cars had....... I have to agree that they were not one of Gm's best products.

There is however a neat and touching story behind this car and one day I'll share it and the details with this forum. It's just to soon for me... So in short, one of my best friends in the entire world ordered this car new....

Ernie

drwet

Big2Bird

Ernie,
I was referring to the Vega GT.