Vanagon tires were "stock" in several different sizes, 185/14 was the typical size used on steel wheels for passenger vans and westies. 205/70R14 was the typical sized used on alloy wheels. However Dokas and Sinkas may have come with 205/14 tires on steel wheels, and then there were the 16" syncros which obviously did not use any size of 14" tire. 

On Apr 16, 2013, at 9:55 AM, forum email wrote:

> As far as I was aware the original size was 185/14 not 205/14 I would grab
> the tires
> On Apr 16, 2013 9:41 AM, "Jeff Lincoln" <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I run the stock alloy wheels on my '85. I know the original size tire fro
>> those was a 205R14 - I may have an opportunity to get a set of the 185R14
>> Hankook fairly cheap. Will the 185's fit on those stock alloy rims?
>> 
>> Sorry if this is a silly question - I just wasn't sure at all and thought
>> I'd get a quick answer here.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jeff
>>