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Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:53 am

campingbox wrote: We picked up some more 15" bus rims today.
The dates are;
8/62

My 9/62 Bus has 9/62 rims so I guess they were really cranking them out at the time.

Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:25 am

I've been polishing up the firebus these past few days and checked on the original spare... I'd like to switch the bus back to 15" rims. Accordingly, anyone have one or more 2-59 crows foot rims? pm me please if you do.

Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:15 pm

I stoped at a junkyard in Yreka, Ca. and they had two 4/58 rims and one 5/58 rims. If anyone needs these PM me and I'll forward you their contact info.

Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:56 pm

Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:29 am

Well, I've gotten closer with my search.
I pieced together a set of five 8/55 Kronprinz rims.....I'd be willing to trade these for a set of 9/55 Kronprinz rims.

I also found a donor bus in a junkyard with a VIN dated 10/55, and it had three crows 4/55 rims, and two smooth 10/55 rims.....all five were original paint and suspected original to the bus.

Our Jan '56 Westy came with one 4/55 crows rim which I suspect was original to that bus.

Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:13 am

my '56 kombi came with 4 (1/56) crowsfeet, i tracked down a 5th for the spare.

Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:55 am

My '58 subhatch had two crows 4/58 rims, and two non-crows 4/58 rims. The four were original to the bus.....I picked up a fifth 4/58 rim recently.

Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:04 pm

i have looked at the 5 extra rims i have laying around- nope to the date-stamp you are looking for..i'll keep my eyes peeled- but not much early stuff exists where i have been-

Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:08 pm

campingbox wrote: My '58 subhatch had two crows 4/58 rims, and two non-crows 4/58 rims. The four were original to the bus..

Odd!

Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:32 pm

House wrote: campingbox wrote: My '58 subhatch had two crows 4/58 rims, and two non-crows 4/58 rims. The four were original to the bus..

Odd!

I thought so.....they were all dark blue paint (Westfalia applied) and appear to be original to the bus.

A '58 singlecab I had a few years back had three crows and three not, I can't remember exactly what the dates were but I remember they all matched and seemed appropriate for the truck.

Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:35 pm

I want to give a shout to Erik Z. who came up with a single Sept. '55 rim for me in good shape. I need three more so hopefully everyone is keeping their eyes peeled.

Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:08 pm

I traded for 2 more wheels yesterday:
one 11/60
one 8/61

Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:01 pm

with all the rims flying around in this thread I thought this would be a good time to put in my request. I need ANY 15" non-crows foot rims. I need 4. They are for my 63 single cab. I don't care if the dates match or not, I just want them correct. Come on guys, compared to the other rims in this thread this is an easy one. I can't stand it any longer. In my mind I'm picturing everyone here stumbling over and tossing aside stacks the rims I want to find the 55, or 57, 58, etc. Anyone out there with "normal" rims? pm me PLEASE! [-o<

Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:21 pm

I bought a '57 subhatch last week....the bus was built in March 1957 and it had three original rims. Two were non-crows and dated 12.56, and one was a crows and dated 3.57. All three were painted grey (westfalia paint) when new and are almost certainly original to the bus.

Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:38 pm

You guys have a lot of wheels :shock: I just have an 11/61.

Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:44 pm

'64cal lookdub wrote: You guys have a lot of wheels :shock: I just have an 11/61.
Need more?
Al

Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:41 am

I brought a LOT of bus wheels back from Canada this spring, knowing that Campingbox and 69doublecab needed some specific early dates. I figured these would be early ones as there were a LOT of 16 inch rims there as well. I've been through about half of them so far, no luck on either of your guys's dates. I'll let you know if I find any you need. At some point I'll probably throw a list of dates on here in case others are still looking.

Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:04 pm

im looking for another 1/56 crowsfoot- the one i was going to use as a spare is pretty pitted.

Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:59 pm

campingbox wrote: I bought a '57 subhatch last week....the bus was built in March 1957 and it had three original rims. Two were non-crows and dated 12.56, and one was a crows and dated 3.57. All three were painted grey (westfalia paint) when new and are almost certainly original to the bus.

Hmmm. Another odd one for Greg. Did Westfalia paint the wheels off of the buses?

Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:06 pm

House wrote: campingbox wrote: I bought a '57 subhatch last week....the bus was built in March 1957 and it had three original rims. Two were non-crows and dated 12.56, and one was a crows and dated 3.57. All three were painted grey (westfalia paint) when new and are almost certainly original to the bus.

Hmmm. Another odd one for Greg. Did Westfalia paint the wheels off of the buses?

I think they painted them while installed on the vehicle, drums, rims, lugnuts and all.