

| Subject: | Re: Correct hub caps |
| From: | Michael Elliott |
| Date: | Tue, 31 May 2005 16:05:43 -0700 |
"Basket Weave" hubcaps?!? Jeepers, that's a new one to me.
Anyone got a picture of those things?
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR
On 5/31/2005 3:48 PM Mike Collum wrote:
> The '84s came with what are offten called "Basket Weave" wheel covers.
>
> The exception may be the '84 Wolfsburg which looked more like an '85
> anyway.
>
> My '84 still has the basket weave and my '85 has the aero disks.
>
> Mike
> '84 GL 7 pass
> '85 GL Westy
>
> 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
>>
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