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Re: hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 1 May 2019 16:21:19 -0400
...08:24: >> >> anyone know of decent quality after market hubcaps or alternatively shorter caps that fit over the front drivers side bearing so I...
Re: hubcaps
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 09:24:23 -0100
> I lost a hubcap for my 85 Westie, its the silver plastic one...anyone > know where I might find one and the approximate cost...
Hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:22:57 -0800
Thinking about replacing my plastic hubcaps on 91GL and was thinking about the chrome domes from a beetle or old bus. Thoughts? Anyone have...
Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:13:45 EST
...UCHICAGO.EDU writes: > Hi all, > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > cared for? > > 1 week. im...
restoring scraped-up hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:10:41 -0400
Not exactly a high-tech topic, but for those of you who have scraped-up or blackened (from baked-on brake dust) hubcaps and...
Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:49:28 -0600
...The black hubcaps I have are genuine VW and fit great. They also have the larger holes so the VW hubcap puller works. -- Steve...
Re: Hubcaps
Historical mailing list - DOUG ELLEDGE
Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:47:24 -0800
...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: Hubcaps - chrome moonies
Historical mailing list
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:11:28 EST
In a message dated 2/4/08 10:29:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, sandwichhead@YAHOO.COM writes: > Thinking about replacing my plastic hubcaps...
Re: Dumb Hubcap Question
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Sun, 2 Feb 2003 15:39:42 -0500
...greg 82 westy Mike Ross wrote: > I have an 83 Vanagon (with stock steel wheels) and am trying to fit a set of > hubcaps...
seeking hubcap..
Historical mailing list - Forrest Minor
Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:22:23 -0400
To the point, I lost one of the four original small hubcaps on my '85 Weekender, and would like to get a replacement. Any...
Re: <.F> Westy Appearance Package aka help for the sedate
Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:46:57 EDT
In a message dated 6/16/00 1:21:38 PM, rlynch@infosat.com wrote: <<'The discerning owner could discard their own hubcaps ' I...
FS: 4 VW Chrome hubcaps (1971-1979 generation)
Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:19:32 -0800
I did a cleanup in my storage tonight and I found 4 older style VW chrome hubcaps. These are the ones that were on...
Re: Anyone ever painted their hubcaps?
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Sat, 31 Jul 2004 07:49:18 -0400
...TEMiller BajaLeo wrote: >I have the original silver/grey disc hubcaps on my '84 and they are kinda scuffed up. Anyone have any luck...
Re: [WetWesties] Looking for hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:42:31 -0500
Try these simple cheap hubcaps. You'll need to cut a hole in the front caps so your grease caps can come through but...
Re: The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:52:53 -0700
...The rust that almost ate my hubcaps > So I have steel wheels on my on the Brick. When I bought the Vanagon It > did...
Re: what color?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Jul 94 12:30:27 PDT
I wasn't gonna reply to this, 'cuz who cares what color my bus is, but since we now have the hubcaps issue ;-) 74...
Re: What to do about hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
Wed, 13 Jul 1994 22:32:09 -0400 (EDT)
I stuck a dixie cup on the one wheel missing a hubcap, painted it silver and no one noticed.... On Sun, 10 Jul 1994...
Looking for hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Patrick Callaghan Jr.
Thu, 21 Jun 2001 06:56:39 -0700
Hi everybody, I am looking for a set of late bay hubcaps fro my 82 Westy. I like the simple design & the price compared...
Re: Lost a hubcap - Any for sale?
Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
Sat, 6 Apr 2013 07:34:47 +1100
...http://www.justkampersaustralia.com/shop/hubcap-for-vw-beetle-t2-bay-1971-1979-and-t25-1979-1992-j11564.html Their entire catalogue comes from...
Re: looking for replacement hubcap
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:50:09 -0800
...Looks to me like it's from a set of usually very inexpensive Asian made plastic hubcaps .. 14 inch, right ? I have various partial...
Re: Source for round ' VW ' emblems for hubcap centers?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:12:17 EST
...diameter to put in the centers of the spiffy new 15" hubcaps I bought for the Passat wheels on my Westy. Any ideas on...
Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 22:04:17 -0500
> any chrome moon hubcaps for a '71 up bus > or beetle will work. If you decide to buy some > new ones, DONT buy the...
Ways to attach broken hubcaps? or, 5 wirespoke hubcaps for sale cheap...
Historical mailing list - jeff kennedy
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:18:33 -0700
...Looks like the hubcaps will be a casualty, unless, somebody has a trick for attaching them when they're missing the circular wire that...
Re: Hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:22:03 +0000
...Now I can not get a set of hubcaps to stay on! I've gone through 4 sets and they all fly off at...
Re: Silly question about hub caps
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:37:10 -0500
> I have these: > > http://www.hubcapzone.com/hubcaps/factory/vw/61508.jpg > > and want to install these: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VW...
Re: Looking for hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:09:09 -0400
...Looking for hubcaps > Hi everybody, > > I am looking for a set of late bay hubcaps fro my 82 Westy. I like the > simple design...
Re: Silly question about hub caps
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:58:36 -0700
Here's a quote from Jim earlier: "To expand on what Dennis Haynes said, there are actually two versions of this hubcap and one...
Re: hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:00:01 -0800
Kent wrote: "Just to facilitate communication, I'd point out that "hubcaps" cover only the center portion of the wheel, where the lug nuts...
Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:18:24 -0800
...expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps? > Hi all, > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > cared...
Re: Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:02:04 +0100
Jeffrey R wrote: > Will the new (like 97, 98, or 99) kind of vented around the edge 14" Golf or > Passat hubcaps fit the...
Free Hubcaps #2
Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:44:15 -0700
I've got a set of three late model Vanagon hubcaps to go - they are of very average condition, some paint peeling off. It...
The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:25:47 -0400
...When I bought the Vanagon It did not have any hubcaps and the rims where the usual black painted ones I was looking for...
Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:04:14 -0400
GoWesty sells hubcaps. They won't be cheap. On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM, T Collins wrote: > Hello Volks, > > Any one...
Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:15:40 EST
In a message dated 1/20/10 10:30:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, mcneely4@COX.NET writes: > > the chrome hubcaps were standard on...
Re: FS: Stock Wheels and Covers (Hubcaps)
Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
Fri, 23 May 97 16:57:00 PDT
...Stock Wheels and Covers (Hubcaps) Author: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 5/22/97 10:21 PM things together!) One list...
hubcap idea
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Jul 1994 09:56:27 +0800
On my recently acquired '81 westy, I didn't like the creaking sounds of the hubcaps and chrome rings, which weren't in all...
Need hubcap
Historical mailing list - Jim
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:43:45 -0700
...In our case, what vanished was one plastic hubcap. Original '82. The basket weave one... Made of unobtainium. Donated to the gods of Wyoming...
Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:14:58 EST
...Wesley Pegden wrote: > > Hi all, > > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > > cared for? > > > ************** Start the year...
Re: The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:43:10 -0400
...My email was more of a: "Hey your hubcaps look like crap!!! Here is how to give them some CPR!" So yeah, I would...
Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:52:02 -0500
Very nice - and the Hubcaps are perfect :) On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:25 AM, <jordanvw@aol.com> wrote: > not mine..but dam...
Wanted: '91 Syncro hubcap center
Historical mailing list - Laurie Loeb
Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:01:13 -0800 (PST)
Shakin' n' shimmyin' down a long dirt road the other day I lost the center silver colored knob of the hubcap on my '91...
Re: Hubcaps
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:48:55 EDT
...2" wider. >> i dont know where you're gettin this....? i have '71 bug hubcaps on my 84 vanagon. they fit just fine... chris
Re: WTB. "wire wheel" plastic hubcaps for 83 Bus> FS!
Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:11:31 -0700
I have a set of these hubcaps that were taken off of my 83 air cooled 2.0L Vanagon Westy. Long since sold the...
Re: WTB four nice hubcaps
Historical mailing list - John
Mon, 8 May 2006 19:26:57 -0400
...WTB four nice hubcaps For my 87 vanagon. I only want to take real nice ones. I can fix the old ones and paint...
Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:14:49 -0800
...on my hubcaps, waiting for the dreaded rust! :o) Gary (in the salted-road portion of Nevada) > > > > any chrome moon hubcaps for a '71...
early wheel hubcap clips
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Wed, 15 Feb 1995 20:46:58 -0800 (PST)
I am going thru a frustrating experience with those stupid little clips for the hubcaps on the early wheels! I got the old rivets...
Re: Looking for a hubcap like this
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:47:47 -0700
...Looking for a hubcap like this I cant see any on the usual list members websites. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55896090@N04/5934871957...
hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Kathy Jacobs
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:42:22 PST
Just a suggestion, but if you don't want to spend that much money for some nice hubcaps, I got some 14in ones at...
Re: '84 Hub cap problem
Historical mailing list - Rob
Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:49:40 -0700
At 7/8/2010 06:20 AM, Mark Dearing wrote: >hello Rob Take the hubcap and find a solf place, sand works best. take...
Re: Vanagon hub caps
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:10:52 -0400
I have hubcaps in Atlanta I will give away. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Jun 18, 2014 o godz. 12:16 Ron & Marianne...
Re: Wanted! Hubcaps or wheels!!!
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Tue, 7 Aug 2001 12:16:23 -0400
...I'm wondering if anyone has (2) used gray disk >style hubcaps for my 87 Vanagon GL Head over to WallyMart ---- you can get...
Re: Identify this Mystery Model!
Historical mailing list
Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:10:01 EST
...the hubcaps! > > not any special model.. just looks like a hacked up '85 ish GL .. someone put a fold down ramp in place of...
Those hubcaps
Historical mailing list - JAnet Andersen
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:40:21 -0700
Ok if the hubcaps every one is so hot for are those aluminium looking six spoked(or so) things with the Wolfsburg emblem in...
Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:06:48 -0500
...camper has pictures and instructions for removal of the chrome, moon hubcaps when changing a tire. David On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11...
Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
Wed, 21 May 1997 10:41:09 -0400 (EDT)
Speaking of HubCaps: I have a set of 4 from my '91 Westy that are in excellent condition. I am interested in selling these...
FS:4 hubcaps for sale, and westy weekender interior and poptop FS
Historical mailing list
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:31:02 EDT
for sale; set of 4 chrome vw hubcaps for sale, fit all vanagons/ buses from '71-91. also i have the whole interior from...
6" hubcaps & bentley book
Historical mailing list - ray hale
Mon, 10 Jul 95 09:13:53 EST
went to flea market near atlanta on saturday and grabbed two chrome vw hubcaps for $1. they are only 6" diameter but set up...
For Sale: vanagon parts headrests, dash pads, chrome hubcaps, alloys,etc...
Historical mailing list
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:06:24 EST
...from '74-'79 westy -4 chrome vanagon or bus "moon style" hubcaps (for the "retro" look :<) fit all vanagons -fiberglass rear bumper endcaps, fiberglass...
Re: Anyone ever painted their hubcaps?
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:39:43 -0400
...ERic BajaLeo wrote: >I have the original silver/grey disc hubcaps on my '84 and they are kinda scuffed up. Anyone have any luck...
Re: WTB plastic "spoke" hubcaps for 83
Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
Sat, 20 Jul 2002 20:14:17 -0700
...Jim Ellis Phoenix,, AZ ---Oxroad@AOL.COM wrote:---------------------------------------| I'm still looking for nice used plastic VW spoke hubcaps for my 83 Westfalia. These...