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Subject:Re: Silly question about hub caps
From:Tom Buese
Date:Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:22:31 -0700

On Feb 28, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:

> ---- Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>> How the woman who sold Joe the earlier style of hubcap got on them the
>> front, I'll never know.  My 84 GL, when I bought it had "311" Caps in
>> the rear and "251" Caps on the front.  How's that for confusion for
>> the person who would not know?
> 
> So, were front and rear wheels different on these older vans?  Does that mean that tire rotation required removing the tires from the wheels and remounting them?  Did one have to carry two spares in order to have a wheel to mount front if needed, and one to mount rear if needed?  All seems needlessly complicated and a real functional problem.

Not at all-read other emails about hubcaps-different hubcaps required for different model years although some hubcaps would fit the wrong years, but only on the rear becuz the front had the speedo cable end that wouldn't allow the shallower hubcaps to fit on properly.

YMMv,

Mr. BZ-no hubcaps for moi

> 
> mcneely