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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:26 am    Post subject: vw fact 215: smooth rims... Reply with quote

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VW Fact #215: 64-65 Type 3s used smooth rims, similar to Beetle rims but with a unique hubcap attachment

What's different about 61-63 wheels compared to 64-65 wheels?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

'61 - '63 Type 3 rims are slotted and not smooth.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Holy crap! Didn't know that. They look like bus rims! Do they take the same hubcaps?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

volksaddict wrote:
Holy crap! Didn't know that. They look like bus rims! Do they take the same hubcaps?
They take the type 3 hubcap. No clips on the rim.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aha! Thanks to this thread, I've figured out what the "goofy" rims on our '65 Beetle are. Two of them are that "clipless smoothie" type. Are they valuable/needed by you folks?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you had asked 3 days ago, yes. I just got my last ones, they are in the mail...
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