Anyone know what these hubcaps are?

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Anyone know what these hubcaps are?

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Anyone know what these hubcaps are? They came with a barn find 356.
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I don't know who made them but I have some. I filed them in the weird repro hubcap box. My guess was there were one of the 70's/80's repro's that was hoping would appeal to everyone, VW and Porsche with a cool design. I guess you gotta differentiate yourself in the repro market.
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#3 Post by Don Gale »

I vaguely remember seeing them in 1960's vintage J.C. Whitney catalogs, VW section
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They are replacements for the VW, but do not violate the trademark.

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#5 Post by Ron LaDow »

BTW, note the top ones have the circle divided into 30* embossed segments, while Adam's are 90*, debossed; two different suppliers?
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