How old is my Momo steering wheel?
Decifer the Momo production years & stampings
At the weekend I was finally able to spend more time at the garage. I constantly plan to clean up and catalog what I’ve got. At least start with it, but it didn’t work out – again. The first box I opened was full of steering wheels and I had to see what I got there.
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Very early Momo steering wheels and more recent ones. It reminded me that people have repeatedly wondered what the sometimes cryptic engravings on the Momo steering wheels mean (if at all) or what years the steering wheels are coming from, where no production years have been engraved.
Well, most interestingly, there is no official information about this. And since the company Momo has gone through several hands, there is also no sufficient information there. All there is is little hints here and there, advertisements that reveal something, posters of car races.
MOD. DEP. NO. 12707 steering wheels
At the very beginning, we speak of the years 1964 and 1965, even before the official founding of Momo (as a short form of Moretti Monza), the steering wheels had engravings on two of the spokes on the back. On the left spoke “HAND MADE IN ITALY”, on the right spoke “MOD. DEPARTMENT 12707” has been engraved. 12707 was a patent that Moretti had filed. There are no further records. However, in addition to this 12707 variant, there are at least two other variants out there.
![pre-Momo Montecarlo from 1964 – Hand Made in Italy pre-Momo Montecarlo from 1964 - Hand Made in Italy](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_monte_carlo_11.jpg)
Hand Made in Italy
![pre-Momo Montecarlo from 1964 – Mod. Dep. N° 12707 pre-Momo Montecarlo from 1964 - Mod. Dep. N° 12707](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_monte_carlo_13.jpg)
Mod. Dep. N° 12707
12707 MOMO MADE IN ITALY, MOMO & PAT. MOMO ITALY steering wheels
In 1966, steering wheels had the word Momo on them for the first time. In the period 1966 to 1967, however, there were three variants of stampings on the back. First one showed “12707 MOMO Made in Italy”, second was “MOMO”, third one was “PAT. MOMO ITALY “. Although all of these stampings are from these period, it is not clear when exactly Momo used which one for which wheel.
![](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/formula-1-steering-wheel_11.jpg)
12707 MOMO Made in Italy stamping 1966-1967
![Momo Le Mans Steering Wheel For Sale – Pat. Momo Italy from 1967 / 1968 Momo Le Mans Steering Wheel For Sale - Pat. Momo Italy from 1967 / 1968](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_le_mans_10.jpg)
PAT. MOMO ITALY stamping 1966-1967
![Momo Sebring Steering Wheel 360mm – Momo Logo Momo Sebring Steering Wheel 360mm - Momo Logo](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_sebring_10.jpg)
MOMO stamping 1966-1967
Stacked MOMO logo steering wheels
![Momo Prototipo 370mm 2nd Generation – Stacked Momo Logo Momo Prototipo 370mm 2nd Generation - Stacked Momo Logo](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_prototipo_370_dish_11.jpg)
stacked MOMO stamping 1968-1973
![Momo Jackie Stewart Steering Wheel Silver – Stacked Momo Logo – Stacked Logo Momo Jackie Stewart Steering Wheel Silver - Stacked Momo Logo - Stacked Logo](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_jackie_stewart_silver_10.jpg)
stacked MOMO stamping 1968-1973
Made in Italy & Made in Italy M20340 steering wheels
![Momo Made in Italy 1974-1976 Momo Made in Italy 1974-1976](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/made_in_italy.jpg)
MADE IN ITALY, made 1974-1976
![Momo Prototipo Flat Steering Wheel 350mm – M 20340 Momo Prototipo Flat Steering Wheel 350mm - M 20340](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_prototipo_flat_10.jpg)
MADE IN ITALY, M20340, made 1974-1976
Momo steering wheels for sale
Momo steering wheels with date code
![Momo Niki Lauda Signature Steering Wheel Silver 350mm – Made 6-79 Momo Niki Lauda Signature Steering Wheel Silver 350mm - Made 6-79](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_niki_lauda_silver_10.jpg)
MADE IN ITALY, 6-79
![Momo Clay Regazzoni Steering Wheel 350 mm Silver – Made in Italy – 2-80 Momo Clay Regazzoni Steering Wheel 350 mm Silver - Made in Italy - 2-80](https://www.patipatina.com/3storage/momo_clay_regazzoni_silver_10.jpg)
MADE IN ITALY, 2-80
As previously stated, after Momo has gone through several hands, the stamping slightly changed to this day as well as the typo. And they’ve added the leading zero to the month (mm-yy).
Momo logo and production year stampings
- 1964-1965: HAND MADE IN ITALY (left spoke) + MOD. DEPARTMENT 12707 (right spoke)
- 1966-1967: 12707 MOMO MADE IN ITALY & MOMO & PAT. MOMO ITALY
- 1968-1973: “stacked” MOMO
- 1974-1976 (Mid-1977): MADE IN ITALY & MADE IN ITALY M20340
- Mid-1977-onwards: MADE IN ITALY, m-yy