I had something very similar happen a few years ago.

I had bought a set of apparently rare Passat 15x6.5 ET 37 steel wheels and
decided not to attempt to modify them.  I put them on CL, and a guy shows up
in a beautiful Syncro Westy.  Turns out he was very active in the Subaru
Vanagon community and gave me some pointers on my in-progress EJ22
conversion, and he bought the wheels.  Gotta love good Vanagon people.

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Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:59 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:

> No, no more stories about my problems trying to get these Audi A6 rims to
> fit my Vanagon. I gave up, could not find a machine shop that would do the
> work for a reasonable price (One shop wanted $200.00/rim!!) So, I gave up
> and bought a set of Vanagon alloys. But, still not content, I kept looking
> and finally found some after market sport rims, brand new, for a Mercedes,
> $150 for the set of 4. 15 inch by 6.5. Anyway, yesterday I put the Audi rims
> on Craigslist. This morning I have a response from someone that wants to buy
> them tonight. Sure, I think, I've heard that before. But the person asks for
> my address and directions to my house. Sure enough, they show up-driving a
> Vanagon Westfalia!! They parked around the corner from house, and I went out
> to meet them and said "I'm really shocked your driving a Vanagon!" They
> wanted to know why. I said pull around the corner into my driveway and
> you'll see. We got a good laugh over that. Luckily, he didn't want the Audi
> rims for the Vanagon, he already has Porsche rims on it. He actually has an
> Audi A6 too. So, luckily for me I got my money back on the rims. Now once I
> get tires for the Mercedes rims I will have 4 Vanagon alloys for sale.
>
>
>
> Jeff Stewart
>

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Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2