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Subject:Re: Correct hub caps
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Tue, 31 May 2005 15:00:22 -0700

On 5/31/2005 2:34 PM Zoltan wrote:

> 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

Ah yes, but when did they do the change?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR

> ----- 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?
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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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