On 5/31/2005 10:39 PM JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>In a message dated 5/31/05 7:06:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, maxjoyce@IPA.NET
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>>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
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>'80-'81 - chrome moonies or  spoked "wagon style" aluminum wheelcovers w/
>fake lugnuts and wolfsburg crest in middle
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>'82-83  -  plastic webbed/spoked wheelcovers w/ fake lugs and ve emblem in
>center
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>'84 GL's  same as above
>'84 wolfsburgs has the '85 up "aero disc" plastic wheelcover
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>'85-91 "aero disc" plastic wheelcover
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>'87 was the first year for the alloy wheels as an option..
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Okay, taking votes on these wheel cover / hubcap styles. Possible
categories:

Most unfortunate look.

Best of a bad lot.

What where they thinking?

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