'66 Steering Wheel Center cap question

No never seen one like that ... because of the use of Shelby, as it is, it may be a replacement piece from the early 70's

 

Your steering wheel appears to be a period Shelby Performance catalog item. To my knowledge it was availible from 1966 to 1969. I have Shelby Performance catalogs from each year and a steering wheel with this emblem is in "availible" each catalog. I have 2 wheels with this emblem in my parts cache. I believe this emblem is rare today as most of the catalog wheels that I see on cars or eBay have the 1967 OE wheel emblem (repro?) installed. I have seen this wheel on 1967 Shelbys as an accident / service replacement wheel. I hope this helps. Rick

 

56ace, Yes, that is a genuine Shelby American horn button assembly that
was available from their over the counter parts list. It is somewhat rare in
most of the horn centers had the familiar red, white, blue Cobra logo.

If thats what was on your car when you aquired it; I would absolutely
use it. It's a neat rare piece!

I have a friend with a '68 Shelby and he installed the over the counter
wood wheel with that horn button because the white and blue motif
matched the color of the shifter knob on his '68. Looked great.

Enjoy your interesting and somewhat exclusive part.
shlby66

 

I too have seen that emblem. I bought back in 1992 or 1993 a NOS original in the box optional wood wheel for my 66 shelby. The wheel I bought has the more common snake emblem. The guy I was buying it from had a center cap for an optional wood wheel with that emblem he had picked up years earlier. Until now it was the only one I had seen.

Jay