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Throttle Quadrants supplier

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Dougm

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I'm looking for a WWII/Shakespeare style throttle quadrant for my Hatz Classic and for the longest time I had been planning on buying a pair from Steen. Then I went to their site yesterday and they weren't listed!?! I emailed Dave and his response was "Sorry, but we are not able to offer the throttle quadrants at this point in time.". I emailed him to find out when they might be offering them again, but have not received a response.

So, now I'm in a bit of a quandary. Steen is not building them; Wicks was supplied by Steen so no Steen - no Wicks; FatBoy Throttle Quadrants used to offer something similar but they appear to be out of business (web site is kaput); the only thing that seems to come close is a rounded top version of the RV quadrants in the ACS catalog but they don't look that great.

What's a guy to do to get a decent vintage replica throttle quadrant these days? thoughts?

Remember, we're talking 1930's/WWII here so a modern one just won't look right. This is what I want:

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