type of steering wheel with horn button on turn signal switch?

[Mustang Kid]

My 84 GT has the horn button on the turn signal switch and is original to my mustang. It has an aftermarket steering wheel on it and im confused about what steering wheel came originally on my car.

[eric5oh]

Probably the black 4 spoke model. I'll see if I can find a pic.

[eric5oh]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/STEER...Q5fAccessories

[onetrackrider]

That's the same one on my Capri that I posted a pic of on your other thread..

[Gemini1999]

Your 84 GT should have the horn button on the steering wheel, not the turn signal switch. Maybe someone switched out the steering column from an earlier year car. 1984 was the first year for the horn button to be moved back to the steering wheel.

The standard steering wheel is the "A" two-spoke model:



This wheel is available in two types - one with cruise control and without.

The second style wheel is the upgrade wheel, which is a more modern 3-spoke style similar to that on the SVO:



There's only one problem, if the steering column has been swapped out and you're wanting to install one of the original factory style wheels, you'll have to find a donor column from an 84+ model because the spindle is different.

Bryan

[FoxChassis]

How early is this '84 we're talking about? What is the last six of the VIN?

[Stolly113]

Not to hijack your thread!!
I have a 83 Gt and the horn is on the turn signal switch also..
Its a cruise control steering wheel but the center emblem or whatever is missing what does it look like and can i buy it?

[Gemini1999]

Not to hijack your thread!!
I have a 83 Gt and the horn is on the turn signal switch also..
Its a cruise control steering wheel but the center emblem or whatever is missing what does it look like and can i buy it?

Something like this maybe?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-1...Q5fAccessories

[Stolly113]

$109.00 ? Damn!!!!!!!! I guess that would be it but my car is a 83 Gt ??

[Gemini1999]

$109.00 ? Damn!!!!!!!! I guess that would be it but my car is a 83 Gt ??

Do you have the 4-spoke wheel with cruise control like this?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...d=236959473747

Bryan

[kj_80Cobra]

In the factory brochure for '83, it shows two types of steering wheels.
The one on the right side in the picture below.



And the one in the middle of this page.

[Stolly113]

Do you have the 4-spoke wheel with cruise control like this?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...d=236959473747

Bryan

Thats It!!! Thanks!!!

[Stolly113]

What does it say about the seats in that brochure ? Those are my seats and i have the mesh in the head rest... People say they might be recaro's

[tbirdman]

No, though they look like Recaros, they're not made by them. They're made by another company. Lear Siegler I believe? Those seats were optional, they were called sport performance seating. That was the first year they were offered in the Mustangs, and the only year they had the mesh in the halo headrests. In 84, they deleted the mesh.

[FoxChassis]

And sometime in the middle of '84, those "Sport Performance" seats were replaced with the "Articulated Sport" seats found in '85 and '86.

Sport Performance = code "H" on your door tag or build sheet ('83 and early '84)
Articulated Sport = code "P" on your door tag or build sheet (mid '84 through '86)

[Mustang Kid]

FoxChassis-How early is this '84 we're talking about? What is the last six of the VIN?

the last six #s are 217017

[Mustang Kid]

Originally by Gemini1999: Your 84 GT should have the horn button on the steering wheel, not the turn signal switch. Maybe someone switched out the steering column from an earlier year car. 1984 was the first year for the horn button to be moved back to the steering wheel.

im pretty sure my car has its original column, and my mustang doesnt have cruise, is the "A" shape wheel without cruise unusual?

[83GTRAG]

[QUOTE=oneof6kmustangGT;1209522]im pretty sure my car has its original column, and my mustang doesnt have cruise, is the "A" shape wheel without cruise unusual?[/QUOT

I am curious, what if you just have an 83 stem in there, IF you push it does it spring back? I have an 83 and an 84 1/2-the 84 has regular horn not on the stalk.

Someone easily could have put that stalk in there.

[Mustang Kid]

My cars signal switch looks original and it does spring back.

[FoxChassis]

217017 is much too late to have used left over parts from '83.

As much as you would like to believe the multi-function switch with integral horn is original to your '84 GT, I'm going to have to say it probably is not.

[Juanizzle]

on a side note, whats with the kid seat? it looks like something you put a really really bad kid in.

[kj_80Cobra]

We knew how to control our kids in the 80's.

[Mustang Kid]

Originally by FoxChassis-As much as you would like to believe the multi-function switch with integral horn is original to your '84 GT, I'm going to have to say it probably is not.

Is there any way that when i take the column cover off i can tell what horn button my car had originally?

[Rick Schmidt]

He says aftermarket wheel... I always hear of folks havin fits gettin horns to work in those. could be possible they swapped to an earlier switch to keep the car legal. It isn't unheard of to put an 82 or earlier switch on a later column. I put my 82s signal/horn on an 84 or 85 column that I'm puttin in my car during her rebuild

[wman24]

Is there any way that when i take the column cover off i can tell what horn button my car had originally?

I think it will be obvious if someone has changed it. Its just moving/splice two wires. My colum has 85 wheel, non int wipers and turn signal w/o horn, so its has 83 to 85 parts on it but started as a turnsignal/horn style.