In a message dated 1/19/2010 10:26:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
magikvw@GMAIL.COM writes:

Dave,

I think the plastic covers you speak of were original.  I could be wrong but
I'm not sure any Vanagons came with the classic chrome  VW caps.

jeff is right.

 all '84 -'91 US market vanagons came from the factory with full  plastic
wheelcovers as standard, or the "carat" style alloys as an option on the  '87
up vanagons

the only US market vans to be sold w/ chrome moon hubcaps were some base
model passenger vans and '80-'83 vans and westys.  i have a 85 nine
passenger (oddball) non-GL base model vanagon that has a all vinyl interior and  it
came with chrome moon hubcaps originally.

the '88 westy in question above would have come originally with the factory
 disc style plastic wheelcovers.

i simply made the comment "i wasn't diggin those chrome moon style hubcaps"
 is because with that low of mileage, it would have accentuated the
originality  factor if it had the original wheelcovers on it.   just my 2 cents  :)

chris