Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:40:25 -0800
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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Silly question about hub caps
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I have Late Bus owners call here several times a week claiming they
have a 7_ Vanagon without knowing what they really have. It's not too
far fetched.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Joe Luther <jluther@alfons-haar.us> wrote:
> Dennis - it's totally possible and now seems likely.
>
> I was thinking that the seller knew what a Vanagon was since she put Vanagon
> in the ad title and said she owned the one the caps came off of but I
> occasionally go astray when thinking and this may be one of those
> times.....at least I'm only out $10. It seemed too good to be true.......
>
> Thanks for all the input. Guess I'm back on the hunt.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Haynes [mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:02 PM
> To: Joe Luther; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: RE: Silly question about hub caps
>
> 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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