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Subject:Re: Correct hub caps
From:Zoltan
Date:Tue, 31 May 2005 14:34:19 -0700

I think, the original early ones came with that chrome caps that only cover
the middle of the wheel.  Later they went to the large disc with vents on.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Elliott" <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:17 PM
Subject: Correct hub caps

>I saw a 1982 Vanagon brochure and it pictured the vehicle with the
> chrome domelike "VW" hub caps a la my 71 baywindow.
>
> A brochure for a 1985 Vanagon showed the larger disclike gray plastic
> ones.
>
> What's correct for a 1984? Or  a 1983.5? What's the diff, anyway?
>
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> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 83.5 (or 84) Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> KG6RCR
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