Excellent suggestion - I know what I'm talking about but it's totally
possible no one else does.

I have these:

http://www.hubcapzone.com/hubcaps/factory/vw/61508.jpg

and want to install these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VW_Type2_T3_Kombi.jpg

The hub caps I got from Craigslist are supposed to be what is shown on the
red Vanagon above but they are too shallow to clear the grease cap and the
wrong diameter for the wheel.

However, the seller was clear that the caps came off of her Vanagon.  For
$10, I don't think she would lie to make them go away.

So my question is whether there are 2 variations of Vanagon wheel and 2
variations of of these hub caps out there.

Does this help?

Joe

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From: JordanVw@aol.com [mailto:JordanVw@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:02 AM
To: jluther@alfons-haar.us; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Silly question about hub caps

send link to pics or nobody knows what your talking about

In a message dated 2/28/11 10:57:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jluther@ALFONS-HAAR.US writes:

I finally got the Vanagon home yesterday, my was driveway cleared of ice 3
weeks after purchase.

In the interim, I purchased some Vanagon hub caps off of Craigslist (small
caps with the VW logo embossed in the center).  The girl was 100% clear they
came off of a Vanagon, she owned one and these were taken off when she put
something else on.

When trying to install the caps on my front wheel as a test, there was no
way they would fit.  The center grease cap assembly was too tall and the
outer diameter of the cap seemed totally wrong to fit the boss on the wheel.
I have the steel 14" wheels, (5 x 112 I assume) with the holes around the
perimeter.

The wheels on my van should be OEM, they came with a plastic wheel cover
that is correct for my year of Vanagon according to the web.  I just prefer
the little VW logo hub caps.

I've seen photos of Vanagons with these VW logo hub caps before. Is there
anything odd about the 1983 air cooled GL wheels or special about the
Vanagon caps one year versus the others?  This no-fit situation doesn't make
much sense.

Thanks

Joe