Les Leston Carlotti 15"

The Les Leston Carlotti steering wheel represents an important part of the early Les Leston story. Carlotti steering wheels were first wooden steering wheels associated with Les Leston and were made for him during the early years of the Les Leston range, before the designs that would later become synonymous with the name.

Our continuation of this early design is handmade in England from beech and features an LL stamp, giving the wheel a distinctive Les Leston identity while retaining the simple character of the original Carlotti steering wheels.

Rather than using the traditional metal rivets found on many period wooden steering wheels, this version features dark walnut wooden dowels set into the beech rim. The contrast between the lighter beech and dark walnut creates a subtle detail while maintaining the traditional handcrafted appearance of the wheel.

The rear of the wooden rim features closely spaced Jaguar D Type style finger grooves. More frequent than the grooves found on many traditional wooden steering wheels, they allow the fingers to sit naturally around the rim and provide an exceptionally comfortable and ergonomic feel in the hands. They also give the wheel a distinctive competition inspired character.

Each steering wheel is individually made to order and finished by hand. The combination of the classic Carlotti design, beech rim, walnut dowels, LL detailing and D Type inspired finger grooves makes this wheel particularly suited to classic sports cars, GT cars and historic competition cars from the 1950s and 1960s.

The wheel can be manufactured to suit a wide range of steering wheel bosses, including original Les Leston, Moto Lita, Momo, Nardi and custom applications. It is particularly at home in period Jaguar, Porsche, Aston Martin, AC, Lotus, MG, Triumph and other British and European sports and racing cars.

If you are unsure which boss or horn push you require, please contact us before ordering. We can advise on the correct fitment and manufacture the steering wheel to suit your vehicle.