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Date:         Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:55:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: which rims fit my bus? Need winter rims...
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM>
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Not quite, 68-70 have drum brakes up front. The rims must come from a disc brake bus in order to fit the Vanagon. 71-91 uses the same steel rims.

Mark

Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > Anything from '68-'84 will fit. I'm still using a set from my '68 for > snow tires. Should be plenty around, and cheap. > > Matthew Pollard wrote: > > > > Howdy folks, i seem to recall that some older bus rims will fit my > > 84. Which years? I am taking a winter road trip to Banff and need some > > winter tires for the trip. Anybody in the spokane, CdA, and palouse have > > any rims that you'd like to donate or sell for cheap? > > Thanks > > matthew > > 84 > > > > Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > > Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu > > University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu > > -- > Stuart MacMillan > Seattle > > '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 > '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969) > '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly) > > Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM): > '72 MGB GT (Daughter's) > '64 MGB (Son's) > > Stripped and gone but their parts live on: > '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT


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