Ronal Wheels

[Pete Kraus <Pete_Kraus@EMORY.ORG>]

Commenting on models depicted in his full-line German catalog, Glenn
Lawton wrote:

>None of the Ronal R8 wheels have the little plastic center
>cap that was on the US cars for 1986, but not 1985. When did
>they arrive on the Euro cars? Perhaps this is a 1985
>brochure. It was printed in 3/85, and has no model year
>notations anywhere.

For the record, the Ronals on my '85 4KSQ (built in June '85) have 
plastic hub caps.  I've been known to track such minutia informally. 
Some '85s seem to have the cap, others don't.  Don't recall seeing a
U.S. '84 4K with caps or an '86 without, so maybe it was an '85 phase
in.

As an automotive sales catalog collector, I frequently run into otherwise
undated European literature (and some U.S. as well) printed throughout
the year.  Although Glenn's catalog probably is an '85, it may contain
running changes that all but defy model year designation.

Pete

Pete_Kraus@emory.org
Stone Mountain, GA 
'85 4KSQ
'89 Ford F250 4x4 diesel
'95 Z28