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  • pre67vw Junkie Topic Starter
13 years ago
Just been doing some more work on th 59 Bug and noticed the spare wheel has never had any hub cap clips fitted. The face is flat but it dose have three little indents where the outer lip of the cap fits. its a solid 15 inch rim in black and looks to have never been painted. Any one out there know what it is?





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64rotbox
13 years ago
Early Type 3 wheel, I'd have thought..?
You can call me Al.
ascort
13 years ago

Just been doing some more work on th 59 Bug and noticed the spare wheel has never had any hub cap clips fitted. The face is flat but it dose have three little indents where the outer lip of the cap fits. its a solid 15 inch rim in black and looks to have never been painted. Any one out there know what it is? Andy W

AW wrote:


Easy - It is the mate of the identical solid black wheel with no hub cap clips that is sitting in my shed. :lol:

Not sure where that one came from either :?

From memory I was once told many years ago that it was the spare wheel from an early 60s standard model beetle. I have no idea if that is true though.
Mark - Owner of 2 under restoration Australian coachbuilt Ascorts.
zelensis61
13 years ago

Early Type 3 wheel, I'd have thought..?

64rotbox wrote:


My tought also. Type 3 with the flat dish chrome caps
ZELENSIS, coachbuilt body from the 50's on a vw platform made in Belgium. Peter the heb detective
ascort
13 years ago

My tought also. Type 3 with the flat dish chrome caps

zelensis61 wrote:


I just went and looked at my wheel. To be honest I had never bothered doing anything with this wheel as it had no clips, but I had never noticed the cast in indents to take a hubcap.

Type 3 with a flat dish chrome cap makes sense.
Mark - Owner of 2 under restoration Australian coachbuilt Ascorts.
RoRoVw
13 years ago

Easy - It is the mate of the identical solid black wheel with no hub cap clips that is sitting in my shed. :lol:

Not sure where that one came from either :?

From memory I was once told many years ago that it was the spare wheel from an early 60s standard model beetle. I have no idea if that is true though.

ascort wrote:



The spare wheel on my April 1960 Standard is identical to the other four with hub cap clips.
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  • pre67vw Junkie Topic Starter
13 years ago
Thanks for the replies :thumbup: Will have to find a photo of a type 3 wheel :omg:



Andy W
64rotbox
13 years ago
Look for a part number on it.
You can call me Al.
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