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john7 Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:27 pm

Crankey wrote: I found my riv's for sale here on the Samba 15 years after I sold the car they were on. they were in Oregon and I'm in Seattle.
maybe I shoulda bought them back ? :?



3 of those are riviera with the squares machined and polished off. the 4th wheel is a formula v wheel (the far right)

Crankey Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:35 pm

may I ask how you know this ? they look exactly like the set I polished and painted back in...the 90's

it's possible I sanded off the raised squares as I didn't ever like them and had a hard time finding them for some reason. this pic as I mentioned was posted here from a seller in Oregon. I sold the ghia I had them on to someone at Bug Haus up here in Seattle so it's very possible they were sold at a bug in and went to Oregon. they were on a 71 yellow vert ghia.

heh, I guess I don't really dispute exactly what they were or even if the one unpainted wheel was part of my set. :lol:

bcurrent9 Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:46 am

"thin lip" vs "fat lip" on the mags....I'm curious. What years? Why the two official versions?

john7 Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:13 am

the fat lip ones are a steel wheel with a mag/aluminum front half.

i have always seen them on 68-69 cars and the later all aluminum ones on 70-72 cars



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