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• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 May 1997 15:25:56 PST
  ...mjcatlin@dcn.davis.ca.us> writes: >Watch out for those bug hubcaps on a Vanagon. They are cheap and look >good, but on the...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 00:22:52 EDT
  ...Does anyone know which hubcaps fit, and also where > I can find some good quality hupcaps--preferably with the VW logo. I live > in...
• Source for round ' VW ' emblems for hubcap centers?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:00:07 -0500
  I want to find some VW emblems around 2.75" in diameter to put in the centers of the spiffy new 15" hubcaps I...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Don & Sue Welch
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 08:58:16 -0700
  Just a note to let you know these hubcaps are forsale on E-bay <http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item...
• Wanted: Hubcap for 89
  Historical mailing list - The Legacy Farm
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:08:33 -0600
  Hi Volks, Well lost on of the Westy's hubcaps. Must have been this week sometime. Durn.............has to happen when someone is coming...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:12:18 -0600
  ...Most folks don't realize that hubcaps need to >>be >>fitted on in a particular orientation (well some hubcaps, not all). >>If >>you look...
• Re: Ways to attach broken hubcaps? or, 5 wirespoke hubcaps for sale cheap...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:46:08 +1300
  Electric cable ties work really well... seen 'em on lots of cars, my wife's included! -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew...
• Re: Needed Parts..
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 16:42:40 -0500
  Michael writes... > I am looking for some old hubcaps for my 76 type II bus. I don't own a 76 Bus but unless...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Steven G Wacker
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:20:31 -0800
  ...KMart will not have hubcaps that will fit > a > Vanagon.
• Free hubcaps gone
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:40:13 -0400
  I've got a taker for the hubcaps, and I'd also like to apologize if anyone tried to e-mail me directly and...
• vanagon hubcaps FS..and alloys FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:22:57 EST
  i have misc spare vanagon hubcaps for sale..all yrs...'80-'91 chrome moon style, '83-84 simulated spoked style, '85-'91 disc style...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:25:56 EST
  In a message dated 2/28/11 12:17:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET writes: > ! Those hubcaps > came originally from the...
• NEW- Genuine Bus Scissors Jack (and 85 cent hubcap puller)!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:03:33 -0500
  ...Also, for those of you with the small chrome (or painted metal) hubcaps, I now have VW hubcap pullers for them. This is the...
• Re: Anyone ever painted their hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:54:33 -0500
  This isn't going to help anyone with beautifying their hubcaps but... Am I alone in generally disliking hubcaps - period? I'd love to...
• Re: Dumb Hubcap Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:24:59 -0500
  ...Scott >Mike Ross wrote: > >> I have an 83 Vanagon (with stock steel wheels) and am trying to fit a set of >> hubcaps from a...
• Re: [Syncro] My Van Runs Now 245/75/16 Re: anything special I sho uld do after vans been sitting?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:44:57 -0500
  All three of mine have rear (and front) hubcaps. :) On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Forhan, Thomas wrote: > How many other...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:05:19 -0800
  ...I put four nice fresh chrome hubcaps on my '84 work van and the first time I broke 45mph I was passed by my...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:04:38 -0800
  Hey, mine's a year older with only three times the miles, same color and the same hubcaps!� As on cop cars, dog dish...
• Re: Gof/Jetta Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:41:22 EDT
  ...I had a hard time getting these hubcaps to fit and clear the hub--especially the hub with the speedo cable at the front...
• Re: Free Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:45:38 -0400
  Due to a sizable response, the hubcaps went faster than a stack of lumberjack pancakes with real maple syrup. Thanks to all who wrote...
• Re: !!!From the Underground - Genuine Hella Hubcaps for Sale!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 9 May 2002 18:14:35 EDT
  ...As everyone with good sense knows, it would take every VW hubcap ever made to have a straight trade for a Pug. A fine...
• For Sale: set of FOUR vanagon hubcaps/wheelcovers '85 up style (fit all vans)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 May 2003 08:44:07 EDT
  ...set of four vanagon plastic silver disc style wheelcovers/hubcaps, '85 up disc style, but fit ALL '80-91 vanagons/westys. $60 for all...
• Lost a hubcap - Any for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 12:54:27 -0700
  Hi Everyone, Anybody know where I can find the old chrome hubcaps for my van (84')? I hit a bump on the freeway in...
• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Franzago
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:26:01 CST
  Hello, I need two hubcaps for an '87 Vanagon GL (smooth center with the square "holes" all around the perimiter and "volkswagen" written on...
• Free 14"wheels and hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Ed Lloyd
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:55:51 -0500
  ...Have five steel 14" wheels and 4 large disc style hubcaps available in Wash DC area (Rockville, Md) I don't have any way...
• Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:37:16 -0700
  ...How much >>> would I pay for a replacement, say, at a wrecking yard? This is an '83 with >>> plain dish caps. > >> The hubcap annie...
• 3 Van Hubcaps SOLD
  Historical mailing list - Patrick or Jennifer Hatcher
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:31:11 -0500
  ...Sorry. -Patrick >Hi Patrick, > >I just lost a hubcap yesterday so I might be interested in one or more of >your set. Could you...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:16:14 -0400
  >OK, looks like this is hubcap fffrenzy fffriday, so I'll jump in: > >I hate my hub caps... Me too. Mine are so hard...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 2 May 2019 09:38:46 -0400
  I second the rust comment on hubcaps from vendors. Santa got me a set from Go Westy several years ago and they rusted before...
• Hubcaps for sale
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:24:38 -0800
  Hi I am planning to replace my Hubcaps with VW wheel covers...they would then be for sale....100$ for the 4 of them...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:16:06 -0500
  ...One day, while crusing down the road, those cheap hubcaps "spun" inside the steel wheel and actually sheared off the front left tire valve...
• Re: Looking for a hubcap like this
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:51:12 -0700
  That's the original common hubcap for a Vanagon. Others have alloy wheels. Sometimes they are advertised on TheSamba and eBay. Is that the...
• Free Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 06:34:25 -0400
  Recently replace my design anemic stock plastic "flat disk" style hubcaps (85 to 91) with a set of older VW Mooncaps (real chrome!) which...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:35:53 -0500
  ...Too "Road Warrior" or "cop car" looking. > > She likes the hubcaps. I think they are dorky and cheap-looking. > > Can this marriage be saved...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 02:20:12 EST
  ...FWIW I saw On Bus Depot site today they have new late model Vanagon hubcaps on sale( the plastic "flying saucer" type that say...
• WTB. "wire wheel" plastic hubcaps for 83 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 16:43:07 EDT
  I'm looking for one or a few of the wire wheel style factory Vanagon hubcap from 83 and 84. This hub cap also...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:23:11 -0800
  ...2 weeks? Mike Wesley Pegden wrote: > Hi all, > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > cared for...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:40:08 -0700
  ...Hubcaps? My '84 Westy has these which I believe are the correct style for most 84's The Flying saucer type were on '84...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:52:22 -0400
  ...I have these hubcaps on the Syncro. I could > get a set of four for a bit more than half the price of one...
• $hubcaps, rims, tires gotta go$
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:26:22 +0000
  ...4 stock hubcaps 5 steel rims 2 Michelin MXL 205/70r14 tires (actually 4 on the rims, but 2 are unuseable) tgif, Kevin
• Re: Who needs hub caps?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:14:32 -0700
  ...Roxy looks a lot meaner without those goofy hubcaps on there. Big black wheels mean business. Anyone know where I can get chrome wheel...
• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Wed, 21 May 1997 16:12:12 -0500
  ...A > nice option considering the dealer asks like 65$ each for the original > hubcaps. > I was driving up thru MI a few years back...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:56:30 -0600
  ...mcneely ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I pulled the silver-painted OEM plastic hubcaps off my '84 van and just > painted...
• Re: let's keep Joel busy! :)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 9:59:56 PDT
  > > > If Joel gets tired of tracking the colors of our vans, how about > the type of hubcaps we all have?!? :) Let's see, my...
• FS four Vanagon chrome hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:04:25 -0400
  From my old 1980 westy four chrome hubcaps in good condition (but 25 years old so they have some minor surface rust dots - pin...
• anyone have a spare hubcap??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:30:48 EST
  Hi all- I lost a hubcap sometime last week and I cant find it! Does anyone have a spare that they might want to...
• FS: vanagon/bus chrome moon style hubcaps - old school style
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 09:32:58 EST
  i have set of four chrome moon style vanagon/bus hubcaps.. these are OEM "old school" style with the vw logo embossed in the...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:22:23 -0800
  If the chrome hubcaps I put on my 71 baywindow are the Brazilian kind, then 1 week sounds about right. Coastal SoCal funky marine...
• hubcaps, 15" SA steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Thu, 12 May 2005 17:10:07 -0700
  ...I now have three hub covers :) So, collective wisdom, what other hubcap/cover options are there for these wheels? Thanks, Joel
• Re: Haunted Hub Caps
  Historical mailing list - Odyssey Stickers
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:39:36 +0000
  ...This would keep your hubcaps from rotating I would think. I was able to just gently twist the hubcap to break the wire tie...
• Hub Caps
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:13:05 -0700
  Hello to the List I need replacement hubcaps for an 88 Wolfsburg Weekender. This vehicle has the aluminum allow wheels with the small cup...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 20:38:40 -0700
  At 7/7/2010 05:27 PM,David Milo wrote: >Rob, > >If something is "pushing" the hubcap off, I would expect to see a...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:27:05 EST
  ...Anyone > know where I can get a cheap used replacement? It was an original > factory hubcap for a '90 GL Westy. Thanks in advance...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:23:44 -0400
  ...cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hubcap-for-1984-VW-Vanagon_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33744QQitemZ8001315440QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW or try an e-bay serch for Vanagon hubcap Hope this helps; Rod ----- Original...
• Re: set 4 of hubcaps on ebay...
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:26:58 -0800
  ...set 4 of hubcaps on ebay... I'm selling them, less that 24 hrs to go and the auction is at $1. http://tinyurl...
• Painted Hubcaps $24.95/set of 4
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:26:36 -0400
  I just obtained some painted VW hubcaps, which are stock on cargo vans in Europe. These are genuine Volkswagen, and are _much_ heavier duty...
• Re: anyone have a spare hubcap??
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:05:52 -0500
  ...anyone have a spare hubcap?? > Hi all- I lost a hubcap sometime last week and I cant find it! Does anyone > have a spare...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:38:11 EST
  ...the metal hubcaps are the same from 71-91 for the vanagon. some beetle hubcaps are too shallow. its possible they are from another...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:17:16 -0700
  ...http://www.vanagonparts.com/images/temp/hubcap.jpg Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:05:54 EST
  ...Does anyone know which hubcaps fit, and also where I can find some good quality hupcaps--preferably with the VW logo. I live in...