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Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:01:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Silly question about hub caps
Comments: To: Joe Luther <jluther@ALFONS-HAAR.US>
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You may have gotten 15" Beetle caps. Sent from my Windows Phone -----Original Message----- From: Joe Luther Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:15 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Silly question about hub caps

> 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 > > > _____ > > 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


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