Original Volkswagen Steering wheel cover info

[Miklo]

I recently purchased this steering wheel cover... Anyone have any info on these? What years they were made?

Any info would be great, thanks.
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✠Miklo✠
'55 Type1 "Ozma"
'66 Type1 "Charlotte" RIP
Antelope Valley's Mobile Air-Cooled Guru

[Typ3nut]

These were sold at your VW Dealer and the earliest I could find appeared in the 1968 Volkswagen Accessories Brochure.

[Miklo]

Yup, this is about the earliest info I have come across... in a 67 accessories pamphlet.

Guess 67 is the earliest these were made?
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✠Miklo✠
'55 Type1 "Ozma"
'66 Type1 "Charlotte" RIP
Antelope Valley's Mobile Air-Cooled Guru

[Unclesalty]

My 67 bug had one. It was nice and soft until the sun beat it to death. It cracked and fell apart.
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(o\ ! /o) -Bumblebee a '67 1500cc

[iowegian]

Digging up an old thread here.
Today the mailman brought me a package from Tassos in Athens, Greece.
This cover is KAMIE and I suspect that it is the same as the official VW accessory, but without the VW logo. Unfortunately, in my excitement, I failed to take a picture of the part numbers, etc, on the seam before I installed it.

[TornadoRed06]

Kamei, a Karl Meier brand. There's plenty of interesting data facts to be found here:
https://www.kamei.de/en/company/history

Regarding the wheel cover from VW accessories being a Kamei product, well maybe, maybe not. Like nowadays rims, windshield wiper blades and so on, producing a knock-off is very simple to do and many potential suppliers lining up available to do it.

[iowegian]