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Jim Adney wrote: >>I'm pretty sure that the 68-9 wheels were all black. Starting in MY 70 (Aug 69) the wheels were STILL painted all black, but the outside face, from the hubcap outward only, was oversprayed in silver. Since this is everything you can normally see, most people assume that the wheel is all silver, which wasn't true. Does anyone know when the last year that the early two-tone wheels were last available?<< You're right about the wheels on deluxe trim models in the 69 model year, they were all black too, my mistake. I misread the Parts List: silver painted wheels started in August 69 for the 70 model year. I don't doubt that wheels after 1970 were painted silver only on the outside. Was this true through the end of production? Apparently VW called these "silver" in the Parts List since that's what was visible from the outside. I also found out that there was one year--1969--that a Fastback could have come from the factory with two tone wheels: the 1600T model (base level trim). According to the Parts List all Fastbacks before August 68 had deluxe trim, and so would have had all-black wheels. Andre is right about the early wheels, all were two tone up to August 63. Each car color had its own wheel color combination. From 64 through 69 deluxe models had black wheels and base models had black center/white rim. All of this info is from the VW Parts List, which isn't always 100% accurate. Send your complaints to VW, not to me! Scott 62 343, 65 361 ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org