I'm convinced that VW started offering the alloy wheels just about the time
they switched from the chrome hubcaps to the ugly as hell "aero" style
wheel cover. The kick was to get you to order the van with the alloys
because the stock wheel covers were too gross to look at.

Max

At 03:17 PM 5/31/2005, Michael Elliott wrote:
>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