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• Tranny problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 08:32:38 EDT
  ...Now I need new hubcaps and an end cap. The drive was not bad at all, I actually enjoyed it. The Tiico engine kept...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:13:08 -0700
  ...No alloy wheels (steel wheels w/o hubcaps). No camping gear. I don't remember seeing any curtains either. I guess the guy who...
• Hubcaps keep your wheel from falling off
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:38:35 -0500
  ...I know it looks old fashioned and all, but one of the reasons I stick with wheels with wheel-covers/hubcaps is that wheel...
• Re: how do you break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:21:01 -0700
  ...My bus has actually not been broken into, although my > Fox has twice and the hubcaps have been stolen once. > > I don't know...
• Re: Question (little vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:05:11 -0600
  ...Folks, > Sad story, bought a headlight assembly (finally found one), two > hubcaps > (plastic) on E-bay. > Arrived UPS today smashed up! :-( Has anyone had...
• Re: wheels
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:10:10 -0500
  ...those are just > > > > wheelcovers aka hubcaps.. > > > > > > > > chris > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** > > > > Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > > > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jake...
• Re: my wife tells me there is some sort of online sale of vw play tents - no word if licenced
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:17:52 -0500
  ...In the hubcaps are reflections of surrounding buses at a bus get-together! Marc P. On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 6:12 PM...
• Re: Tool trick..(not Xmas related)
  Historical mailing list - pepperd
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:29:09 -0800
  ...for removing the axle nut caps and some times the regular hubcaps.� That dorky Wal Mart tool is perfect to slip under the flanges...
• Any Vanagon happenings in Northern Virginia this year, etc.?
  Historical mailing list - jsnyder
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 08:26:44 -0500
  ...I do need some stock hubcaps to make it look better. The heater has also quit pumping out very much heat. I notice some...
• Re: wheel confusion
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 16 May 2001 12:56:48 EDT
  ...I thought the stock steel wheels with small hubcap looked better and the wheel covers I used with my 14 inch stockers were excellent...
• Re: nuts/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:25:50 -0800
  Access to gas cap lube points, Hubcaps are generally held on with that spec hardware. The magnetic declination indicator uses them for adjustment and...
• Re: '84 GL out of the woods! -Long post-
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 14:26:12 -0700
  ...Is there a name for the style of hubcap I have? Are any > available for sale? (I need three.) I also see that the...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:27:29 -0700
  ...not diggin |>>> those chrome moon hubcaps tho |>>> |>>> |>>> _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=896425_ |>>> (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail...
• Re: Type III trailing arm???
  Historical mailing list - VW SQUAREBACK
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
  ...get that rust, and give you one hellofa clean front end. =================================================================== Tim Fink \ / \ / 69 Squareback \ \/ / 79 Dasher \ /\ / 81 Diesel Rabbit \ / \ / \/ \/ =================================================================== tfink@hubcap.clemson.edu ===================================================================
• Re: (another) Van Dies, Refuses to start in extreme hot weather.. (very long)
  Historical mailing list - Pablo Bonilla
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:31:03 -0600
  ...the wheels silver so they look nice with the baby moon hubcapsd) it died and wouldn't start for about 5 minutes. i have...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:59:25 -0600
  I have a stock 91 GL non-camper and plastice hubcaps with vents around perimeter were on the van. I put the moon(dog...
• Re: I'm looking for wheel covers for '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 13:37:02 EDT
  ...But I think it was something like www.hubcaps.com but not sure exactly. they were like $35 a piece in perfect cond. allegedly...
• More early list memories...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:01:09 +0000
  ...List Stickers - there were two designs (possibly more) one which looked like a VW wheel/hubcap with the list address and then the other...
• Re: Running hot
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:36:26 -0700
  ...How expensive/dificult is it > to getrecharged? > > Also, will JCWhitney and walmart replacement hubcaps fit my van? > > Thanks, > Ben The last time this happened...
• buses for sale: 71 p/u, 81 camper
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sun, 06 Nov 94 17:01:09 CST
  ...no hubcaps. engine runs good, non-vw carb (2-bbl). brake problem is leaking fluid somewhere ... doesn't know where ... keeps having to add...
• FS: 88 Westy $3500 in South San Francisco. Drivable but needs work.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 13 May 2004 15:38:32 EDT
  ...Steel rims with hubcaps. Manual mirrors. Manual windows. Wing windows and headlights broken but will replace those two items myself before selling. Yakima rack...
• Re: Watering Hole Humor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:55:41 -0500
  ...roses by using the planters as a crapper and mark everything, hubcaps to patio furniture with their urine. Cats should be kept up just...
• Re: Slowly Disappearing Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 21:16:06 -0600
  ...they > could've taken the new catalytic converter and muffler. > > Someone also stole the center caps off my alloys this week and two hubcaps...
• Rotten Head Studs (and names)
  Historical mailing list - Dyer Lytle
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:15:30 -0700
  ...By the way, for reasons I don't understand entirely, the right front hubcap on my '66 standard bus is named "Carl". -Dyer Lytle...
• Parting Out Air-cooled Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - andy gaston
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 19:01:34 -0500
  ...Make offer. > -complete fuel injection system/computer > -full set 5 wheels w/ new tires ~10k mi $200 OBO > -brand new chrome hubcaps > -air conditioning...
• Re: Correct hub caps...chrome moonies
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 11:55:57 -0600
  ...id rather have 20 yr old OEM hubcaps with a few fist dings in them > from smacking them on (its inevitable) than some new...
• Carat interior...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 18:47:20 -0400
  ...about 5 10mm/13mm wrenches, three jack handles with double ended screwdrivers inside, 3 other double ended screwdrivers, 7 hubcap pullers (the little U...
• Re: Tires.. Again
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:51:31 -0500
  ...weekender has the original 14" steel rims and the chrome VW hubcaps. > > But > > > tires seem impossible to find. > > > > > > Is there a last ditch hope...
• 1986 synchro for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Sep 1995 11:12:48 -0500
  ...know where that shopping cart came from) -three of 4 original hubcaps Interior -blue fabric seats throughout (great condition; the most comfortable driving position...
• A new thread . . .
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Hatcher
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:44:49 -0500
  ...mechanism under the driver's seat) Four REALLY tacky faux-chrome hubcaps with cheap sticker in middle (replaced) Well, that's about it. How...
• Re: 15" Steel Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:26:24 -0700
  ...Got some cheapie hubcaps for $18.00 and figure that they are replaceable every year. Randy Bergum 1990 Carat '80 Westy Pokey wrote: > http...
• Re: I thought I said Synergy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 6 May 2001 09:46:55 -0500
  ...fuel economy. > >So do the Hula Girls. > >So do the spinner hubcaps. > >So do the chrome tail pipe extensions. > >So do the Blue Dot...
• My first trip in the hand painted westy - shifting/clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - William Alexander
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:55:43 -0400
  ...Also picked up some nice hubcaps from and got a good look at Ron's beautiful '87 in Lynchburg. Thanks Ron! William in Roanoke...
• Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:00:21 -0700
  ...Smooth wheel covers would be an easy improvement..Like those old Moon hubcaps..Mirrors that didn't stick way out would help some also...
• Re: "Those bubbly VW thing-a-mabobs..."
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:35:48 -0700
  ...My first guess after some consideration was chrome VW Moon hubcaps, which was correct, evidently. The other thing is she "loves her some Vangagon...
• Re: 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 11:27:37 -0700
  ...want to be "in" paint all those wheels black...no hubcaps, > or black hubcaps, too. > Personally, I do so much rough road driving that...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:24:45 -0800
  ...wrote: > >> How the woman who sold Joe the earlier style of hubcap got on them the >> front, I'll never know. �My 84 GL...
• Re: '83 rear shocks replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 18 Apr 94 13:39:51 CDT
  ...standard old stuff about removing hubcap/wheel-cover, loosening all lug nuts, jack car up until wheel is off ground, place jackstands, ease car...
• Re: Not another ETKA part request
  Historical mailing list - hunnam
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:09:27 +1000
  ...Oh well I now have a Vanagon, powered by the 2.7 ltr Subaru flat 6 engine, and sporting Audi hubcaps. Now that is...
• Re: 85 vanagon sale help
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:01:42 -0700
  ...Remove the graphic, add some hubcaps and clean it up and you may get $2500.00. Don't confuse Westy prices with a Personalized...
• One arrives, One departs
  Historical mailing list - Jon-reed Hathaway
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:41:51 -0400
  ...Has 4 OE Basket-style hubcaps One really nice feature is it came with ALL the original manuals; Westy supplement, Owner's manual, and...
• Trip Report to Newfoundland - 4,200 miles of almost trouble free driving
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:34:14 -0400
  ...Also lost a hubcap and had a taste of Vanagon Syndrome after many hours of highway driving. If anyone is planning a trip there...
• vanagon/bus stuff for sale, and buses/vans/bug conv fs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:17:33 EST
  ...bus or vanagon -westy middle seats, grey, removeable, with tracks -vanagon grilles, square or round -square vanagon headlites -hubcaps, 15 each ('85 up style...
• LTX M/S impressions
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:36:37 -0500
  ...Especially now that I lost my "aero" hubcaps and am stylin' base chromies on my dirty black rims. These tires don't fit in...
• Re: wheels
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:46:27 +0000
  ...those are just > > > > wheelcovers aka hubcaps.. > > > > > > > > chris > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** > > > > Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > > > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jake...
• Re: What does GL mean?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Apr 1996 06:48:28 GMT
  ...oh and most had the >full plastic hubcaps... and from another... >Basically, it indicates a higher level of trim. You have caroeted floors >instead...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:01:54 -0700
  ...have either chrome caps, or what I call > the 'silver dome' hubcaps.............. with exceptions. > > the 82 diesel, perhaps depending on L or GL trim...
• Sears Disaster
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Fri, 25 May 2001 15:52:25 -0400
  ...Half of the guys that worked there were pretty good, the other half I wouldn't let take off my hubcaps. Now I don...
• Rebuilt MV Engine and Parts Priced to go
  Historical mailing list - Sven and Rachel
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:40:32 -0400
  ...2 tires on steel hubs with original hubcaps, front-end bra, set of VW front floor mats (1 yr old), original Bentley AND British...
• free vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don & Jennifer Hundt
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:29:47 -0700
  ...Has new alternator, pertronix ignition, good glass except windshield, decent tires, stock wheels and hubcaps. Come to Redmond, Oregon with a car trailer or...
• Re: 15" or 16" wheels on the Syncro?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:53:32 -0500
  ...such as specs, construction (steel or >alloy), whether they have matching hubcaps - etc? Will these wheels fit >within the stock wells used on US...
• Re: 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 08:09:37 -0700
  ...want to be "in" paint all those wheels black...no hubcaps, > > or black hubcaps, too. > > Personally, I do so much rough road driving that...
• For Sale - Upstate New York area- 2.1 rebuilt engine, associated parts.
  Historical mailing list - Road Trip
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:05:59 -0800
  ...km/hr speedometer 15.two tires on steel rims with org. hubcaps 16.front end bra 17. set of vw front floor mats 18...
• Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:29:24 -0400
  ...is Frydaye, right? > > > > BTW, by the look of the wheels and hubcaps, its a 1971, not a 1970 > > (Probably > > an early 71 registered as...
• Re: Dash mounts for fancy gadgets?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:02:50 -0600
  ...really don't care about dents or holes > or trim or > > hubcaps, etc. In fact, > > three friends this weekend went on an off-road...
• Re: Van magic, and keep anything that shows up in your van
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Fri, 7 Aug 2015 23:24:11 -0400
  Eric, I had no idea this hubcap tool existed. Thanks for sharing. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: Buying new Disc brale pads.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:07:57 -0500
  ...But *most* of the time, one gets what they pay for right? :) I'd "cheap out" on an interior light fixture or hubcap, but...
• Re: Sears disaster - Steve's solution
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Fri, 25 May 2001 14:01:04 -0400
  ...scratch things up trying to remove the old VW disc-style hubcaps if they don't have the little $1 wire loop tool. Be...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:40:25 -0800
  ...possible no one else does. >> >> I have these: >> >> http://www.hubcapzone.com/hubcaps/factory/vw/61508.jpg >> >> and want to install these: >> >> http://en...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Seal
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  04 Sep 96 23:39:22 EDT
  ...One hubcap or piece of wood would yank it right out. My $.02 Andy McKinley 75112.2101@compuserve.com '72 Westy