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EMPIBUG
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 Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:14 am Post subject: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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| Im looking around for a used set of hubcaps for my 66. Are hubcaps year specific or are they all just 1 size fits all? |
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:44 am Post subject: Re: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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1966 and 1967 are one year only.
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creideahm
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:54 am Post subject: Re: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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| Is there a reference guide for othervyears? Say 1965 for instance😁 |
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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| Is there a reference guide for othervyears? Say 1965 for instance😁 |
65 and older used clips on the rim to secure the hubcaps. 66 was the first year for buldges in the rim that kept them in place. I have read that earlier can be made to fit by modifying them.
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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| 67ctbug wrote: |
| 1966 and 1967 are one year only. |
Actually, that makes them "two year only" parts!  |
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glutamodo
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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Yeah, two years only, ... except for models that got disc brakes in 1967 (not seen in the USA except on Ghias - those cars got the 4-lug setup a year ahead of everyone else)
And yeah, the previous hubcaps were 65/older. There was one change at the start of model year 1964, they stopped painting the VW logo on them.
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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| glutamodo wrote: |
Yeah, two years only, ... except for models that got disc brakes in 1967 (not seen in the USA except on Ghias - those cars got the 4-lug setup a year ahead of everyone else)
And yeah, the previous hubcaps were 65/older. There was one change at the start of model year 1964, they stopped painting the VW logo on them.
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That got painted?
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glutamodo
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: Year Specific Hubcaps? |
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Yeah, up through 1963 the VW logo was painted in, on the hubcaps.
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