What you describe is what I have on my '91 camper.  They were stock on 
many different VW vehicles for years.  David

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Jim Felder wrote:

> I don't know what you are referring to as moon caps, but I have always
> thought of them as the chrome dog-dish that snaps onto the wheel lugs
> but does not cover the row of vent holes at the wheel's perimeter. In
> other words, you see the paint. My 83 camper and every other diesel
> camper I have seen representing itself as stock has had these one it.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Jeff  wrote:
>> In the USA:
>>
>> Early Vanagons had the full-size metal (not moon caps) hubcaps.
>>
>> Mid-year Vanagons had the plastic hub caps with the cross-hatch 
>> pattern (very easy to break).
>>
>> Late model Vanagons had the plastic hub caps with "vent" openings on 
>> the outer edge (or alloys).
>>
>>
>> Moon caps were not standard issue (it's possible that they could have 
>> been special ordered) in the USA.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:37 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: moon caps, and who knows?
>>
>> I may be wrong about this.  I reviewed Jim's web site more 
>> completely.
>> For the camper, he shows aerodynamic wheel covers as standard.  I 
>> THINK
>> he is wrong, but at any rate, the evidence I offered for my own 
>> belief
>> contradicts me.  Moon caps clearly were standard on some models, if 
>> he
>> is correct, but not on the camper, again if he is correct.
>>
>> Seems really odd to me, that the guy who sold the van to me would 
>> have
>> also thought the moon caps he replaced were the originals, if not. 
>>  But
>> stranger things have happened, for sure.  Sorry if I offended anyone,
>> but evidence contradicts not only me (Jim's web site), but others 
>> (the
>> owner's manual).
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:48 AM, mark drillock wrote:
>>
>>> Chris, we are not talking just about a picture. The text itself
>>> explains
>>> how to use the tools to remove the chrome type as well as the 
>>> plastic
>>> type caps.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ALL vanagons have that picture in the owners manual.  doesnt mean
>>>> they came
>>>> with chrome moonies though :)
>>>>
>>>> all vanagons even came with that U shaped chrome moonie puller in 
>>>> the
>>>> jack
>>>> kit.  weather they came with chrome moonies or not..it was in
>>>> there...
>>>>
>>>> like i said in another post, VW is famous for using euro market
>>>> vehicles in
>>>> their US market owners manuals.   in my 85 owners manual some of 
>>>> the
>>>> pics
>>>> of the headlights show H4 e-codes..which were never on us models..
>>>>
>>>> chris
>>>>
>>