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• Re: Hubcaps! Hubcaps! Who's got the Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 12 Jul 1994 06:39:47 -0400 (EDT)
  After reading all of the last postings on hubcaps I've come to the conclusion that these VW vans, busses, campers or whatever you...
• Re: Hubcaps! Hubcaps! Who's got the Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 08:32:07 CDT
  On Tue, 12 Jul 94 05:40:31 CDT Frank Condelli said: >After reading all of the last postings on hubcaps I've come...
• Re: What to do about hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Jul 1994 21:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
  > On my '84 Vanagon I have three original hubcaps and one Iacocca special... > Should I try to replace the Chrysler hubcap with an original...
• Re: Bug Hubcaps work for us...: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 03:41:36 +0200
  Bulley wrote: > We have the original 1976 VW chrome hubcaps from our old bus on our current > Vanagon. These are the same hubcaps as...
• Re: Splitty question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:14:39 -0400
  the '71-'79 bus hubcaps will fit on a vanagon, but not the splitty hubcaps.. the wheel is totally different.. In a message dated...
• Re: Hubcaps! Hubcaps! Who's got the Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 12 Jul 1994 06:03:07 -0400 (EDT)
  $50.00 for a plastic hubcap ! Why I'd buy it yesterday ! Up here in good ol' Canada my local VW dealer wants $115...
• What to do about hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Jul 94 21:34:57 -0600
  On my '84 Vanagon I have three original hubcaps and one Iacocca special... Should I try to replace the Chrysler hubcap with an original...
• Re: Moon discs?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:03:43 -0700
  what are 'moon discs' ? there were once upon a time 'moon hubcaps' .. those were full size, flush. usually aluminum hubcaps, like for dry lake...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:12:51 -0400
  Me too!!!! and I've thought the same thing, junk the hubcaps I have in favour of something that allows access to the valves...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:15:38 -0500
  There is a slot in the stock hubcap that allows the valve stem to stick out far enough to get to with the air...
• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Wed, 1 May 2019 12:24:12 +0000
  anyone know of decent quality after market hubcaps or alternatively shorter caps that fit over the front drivers side bearing so I can use...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:31:31 -0800
  Larry, Your OEM hubcaps were designed for your wheels, aftermarket hubcaps are more generic, they are designed to fit a variety of wheels and...
• Re: Bug Hubcaps work for us.. Hubcaps $29 for 4
  Historical mailing list - EAP
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:09:29 -0500
  ...Bug Hubcaps work for us.. Hubcaps $29 for 4 > Just a note that I once again have these painted German hubcaps for > Vanagons. These...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 1 May 2019 16:16:41 -0400
  If I recall correctly I used Type 3 hubcaps on my first Vanagon. VW Logo is raised on a ‘nipple’. Wysłane z iPhone'a...
• Re: Stupid Hubcap question for '74 Westy
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:00:38 -0400 (EDT)
  When asked how to put hubcaps onto a rim, I'd reply With the palm of your hand, right on the edge... Or am...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Petty
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:33:46 -0500
  ...Hubcaps Larry, Your OEM hubcaps were designed for your wheels, aftermarket hubcaps are more generic, they are designed to fit a variety of wheels...
• wanted:hubcaps in SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 16:31:03 EDT
  If anyone has Vanagon hubcaps for sale in SoCal please let me know. I need one of the plastic spoke hubcaps with the fake...
• Anyone have a hubcap?
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 13:25:09 -0400
  Just came back from a weekend trip and found a hubcap missing. I'm sure you all understand that I can't take the...
• Re: "Steel Wheels" (Rolling Stones, road music content ??)
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:29:15 -0800
  ...Hubcaps Larry, Your OEM hubcaps were designed for your wheels, aftermarket hubcaps are more generic, they are designed to fit a variety of wheels...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Petty
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:25:58 -0500
  ...First trip I took (25 miles) I lose the 2 new hubcaps. Old hubcaps still in place. Hubcap city says they'll sell me...
• Bug Hubcaps work for us...: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:41:43 -0400
  We have the original 1976 VW chrome hubcaps from our old bus on our current Vanagon. These are the same hubcaps as the Bug...
• Re[2]: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Wed, 21 May 97 13:02:00 PDT
  ...A nice option considering the dealer asks like 65$ each for the original hubcaps. I seem to have a pension for loosing hubcaps, so...
• 90 Vanagon Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Michael David Korsak
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:03:03 -0500
  Traveling to PSU this past week, I lost a hubcap. The person following me ran over it, crushing it into a thousand itty bitty...
• Hubcaps! Hubcaps! Who's got the Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 08:58:48 CDT
  just a little note on Hubcaps or Wheel Covers ... don't forget that the wheels for ALL buses and vanagons from 1971 to 1991...
• anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:08:44 EST
  Is there any available device to lock hubcaps to a vehicle? Or is there a method? It seems to me a thin gauge cable...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:34:05 -0500
  Early Vangons used the same hubcaps as (ball joint front end) air-cooled beetles. My Mom's boyfriend trashed one of the stock plastic...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:50:12 -0500
  ...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: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:22:31 -0700
  ...Not at all-read other emails about hubcaps-different hubcaps required for different model years although some hubcaps would fit the wrong years, but...
• Re: !!!From the Underground - Genuine Hella Hubcaps for Sale!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 8 May 2002 12:13:25 EDT
  !!! Special Offer on Genuine HELLA Hubcaps !!! 4 Chrome Hubcaps for Sale - HELLA brand from the BUS DEPOT. Invoice reads: item number- 251 601 151A4...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 22:49:26 -0400
  I didn't like the stock hubcaps and also put on the dome VW caps. Looked fine, but was in search of another look...
• Re: Bug Hubcaps work for us.. Hubcaps $29 for 4
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:38:06 -0400
  > We have the original 1976 VW chrome hubcaps from our old bus on > our current Vanagon. If your have your wheels painted body color...
• Free hubcaps all gone
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:42:05 -0700
  Hi All: The 3 free Vanagon hubcaps are gone........... Randy Bergum
• Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:21:27 -0700
  OK, looks like this is hubcap fffrenzy fffriday, so I'll jump in: I hate my hub caps. All three of them. They came...
• click click click from drivers wheel
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:38:37 -0400
  I’ve got the old regular VW hubcaps on my ‘83 and that clicking sound from the drivers wheel is driving me nuts. I...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:30:14 -0800
  ...anti theft for hubcaps? Is there any available device to lock hubcaps to a vehicle? Or is there a method? It seems to me...
• '74 Hubcap situation solved!
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:40:37 -0500
  to the list, First, I would like to thank everyone who responded to my stupid question about '74 hubcaps. It is finally solved! My...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:42:31 -0500
  Speaking of hubcaps I've got 4 forsale if anyone needs a set. They are in good to fair shape. I'm happy to...
• Re: Hubcaps, Wheel covers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:17:22 EST
  ...most 80-81 - chrome moonie hubcaps or - full aluminum spoked wheelcover, either painted white or left aluminum finish, with the fake lug caps and...
• Re: click click click from drivers wheel
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:27:22 -0400
  Bryan is the speedo cable contacting the hubcap? If not the noise could be the speedo cable end itself. I use a dab of...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:10:43 -0700
  ...Frustrating hubcaps! > OK, looks like this is hubcap fffrenzy fffriday, so I'll jump in: > > I hate my hub caps. All three of them...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:43:49 -0800
  Another way is using cheap aftermarket hubcaps nobody wants. I know not all like it but it works and sometimes even looks better. I...
• Re: !!!From the Underground - Genuine Hella Hubcaps for Sale!!!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 9 May 2002 13:25:16 -0700
  LOL! will trade hub caps for a wrinkly midget dog! Rico Sapolich wrote: > > !!! Special Offer on Genuine HELLA Hubcaps !!! > > 4 Chrome Hubcaps for Sale...
• for sale vanagon hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 04:49:26 EDT
  have a set of 4 really nice vanagon/bus chrome "moon" hubcaps w/ VW logo fit '71-'91. $40
• Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies ( not )
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:31:44 -0800
  Re " any chrome moon hubcaps for a '71 up bus or beetle will work." Just for your automotive and cultural historical correctness, 'moon hubcaps...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:13:45 -0500
  Be careful! Before I bought my 14" alloys, I had some 14" cheesy hubcaps from Pep Boys. One day, while crusing down the road...
• Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies ( not )
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:14:59 -0500
  ...http://www.hubcapmike.com/baby-moons.html or like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-BABY-MOON-HUBCAPS-MOPAR-CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH-DODGE-8...
• Re: Grille, Hubcaps, & various trim pieces
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wetzel
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:39:43 -0800
  Just an update - the hubcaps and rear wiper motor have been claimed, but everything else is still available.
• hubcap fit on 14" w/ bfg at's
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 13:05:48 -0600
  i am on my 2nd set of hubcaps. both have been of the same style, which is the only style i've ever seen...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:05:03 EST
  ...But this would look unattractive, probaby > rattle, negatively effect balance of the wheel, and be marginally effective > at > best. > > I had all four hubcaps...
• Re: hubcap fit on 14" w/ bfg at's
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 13:54:07 -0700
  I tried tying the hubcaps in place with long nylon zip ties. Holds most of them, but the LF cap disintegrates in the most...
• vanagon chrome hubcap
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:01:00 -0400
  I am in need of a oem chrome hubcap in good shape. Mine fell off and I ran over it! GRRR mike
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:30:51 +0100
  ...My Mom's boyfriend trashed one of the stock plastic hubcaps on my > 1990 Vanagon, so I replaced them with stock chrome bug hubcaps...
• Re: hubcap hubris
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:07:39 -0800
  I had a 1990 Vanagon (L) which came to me from the original owner with the steel hubcaps. PO insists that how they got...
• Re: Bug Hubcaps work for us.. Hubcaps $29 for 4
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:39:45 -0400
  ...http://www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW > > Just a note that I once again have these painted German hubcaps for > > Vanagons. These are the...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:40:02 -0700
  Just to facilitate communication, I'd point out that "hubcaps" cover only the center portion of the wheel, where the lug nuts/bolts are...
• expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:52:04 -0500
  Hi all, how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well cared for? Thanks, Wes
• hubcap puller ...was: Re: lug nuts and mystery clip
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:25:29 EDT
  ...Anybody know what this is? Thanks, Gary >> hubcap puller. for the old chrome style moon hubcaps. chris
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:48:44 -0500
  ...First trip I took (25 miles) I lose the 2 >new hubcaps. Old hubcaps still in place. Hubcap city says they'll sell >me...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 03:03:51 EDT
  In a message dated 8/10/99 12:24:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, SSGSPEAR@aol.com writes: << > any aircooled vw hubcap from '68...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:46:03 -0800
  ...hubcaps Anyone in Ontario have any VW hubcaps (14" wheels) around? I just got the girl some new/used tires and i want it...