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On 15 Apr 2004 at 0:19, Dave Hall wrote: > Just a thought - weren't the wheels silver and silver from '72 models, and with > the angled centre pressing rather than the sharp 90 degree one? Maybe there > were still differences after that. At least in the US, the wheels were all black in '68-9, and probably also earlier, at least back to '66. As of '70 they were painted black all over, and then oversprayed with silver on the outside face, outside of the hubcap area only. There was a change in the treatment just around the center hole, but I THINK this was only in '73. Those have a sort of angle there instead of the radiused right angle. Is this what you're talking about? The early radiused ones are much nicer. There were lots of minor detail changes in the 4-bolt type 3 wheels from '66- 73, even ignoring paint and date stampings. I think I can name 4 different versions, maybe 5, but there were probably more. > I reckon VW got a good deal on silver paint in '72, and chose to paint the > flasher housings too. ;-) Yes, what a shame! ;-( -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org