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Subject:Fw: Re:Were 15" wheels EVER stock outside of SA?
From:Double-Cab Guy
Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2001 07:25:57 -0600

----- Original Message -----
From: Double-Cab Guy <doublecabguy@powersurfr.com>
To: '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:23 AM
Subject: Re:Were 15" wheels EVER stock outside of SA?

> Chris,
>
> There were 15" steel rims on "Vanagons" out side of N.A.
> I have seen 15" rims on a Deutsche Ban Syncro Double-Cab.
> As far as I can tell these wells were specially made for the German
Federal
> Railway.
> That is probably a custom thing much like the railway service trucks have
> here in Canada.
> But that being said there are a lot of options for wheels in Germany, and
> they all meet TUV.
> You can find them for sale second hand on German T3 sites.
> If you look for Marketplatz and Teile Verkaufe you will see these items
for
> sale.
> http://home.t-online.de/home/t3-aktuell/
>
> Cheers
> Glen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 6:43 AM
> Subject: Were 15" wheels EVER stock outside of SA? What years was the
syncro
> 16" made?
>
>
> > I was having a polite discussion with someone who said that "the Vanagon
> only came with the 14 inch wheel" when it occured to me that he might be
> technically correct. Isn't "Vanagon" a North American term? Were there any
> Vanagons with 15" or 16" wheels or were they all named something else?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris Gronski
> > '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
> > '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
> > '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable
> > www.vanagon.org & .ca
> > www.gronski.com, .org, & .ca
> > www.nineeleven.org & .ca
> >
>

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