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On 8 Nov 2003 at 23:12, Russ wolfe wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 22:59, Jim Adney wrote: > > > > > 1) a wheel, discontinued with no replacement, used up to VIN 268,999 [early 64] > > > > 2) 311 601 025B, a 5-bolt wheel, 4-1/2j x 15, 269 000-315 220 883 > > > > 3) 111 601 025K, a 4 bolt wheel, 4-1/2j x 15, 316 000 001-on > > > > 4) 311 601 025K, a 4-bolt wheel, 4-1/2j x 15, 313 2034 478-313 2500 000 > > M-976 > > > > 5) 113 601 025, a 4-bolt wheel, 4-1/2j x 15, 314 2000 001-on, M-976 > > > > It's clear that wheels #2 & 3, and the ones they superceeded, are the ones > > everyone is familiar with. > > > > Okay, what's so interesting? > > > > What was different about wheel #1 that keeps wheel #2 from superceeding it? Did > > early cars have a different offset? > > Could this be the non safety rim?? Or, now I am not that familiar with > the real early T-3's, but did they have the hubcap clips like the T-1's. I think this microfilm shows all safety rims because they made safety versions which superceeded the earlier ones. It just appears that there was one very early one which they just discontinued. I suspected the hubcap clips, but you'd think they would have shown the non-clip style as superceeding the earlier style. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org