Date:         Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:40:37 -0700
Reply-To:     "Richard A. Jones" <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Richard A. Jones" <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Heater Retrofit (Friday)
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> > Suggestion:  Borrow someone's aircooled van.  Drive it around for a
> couple
> > weeks in the dead of winter.
> -----------------
>        Hummmm !  Very good point !
>
> Cheers  Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> -----------------
> Most people think that the term 'Frosty Mug' was originated to sell more
> beer by pre chilling the mugs.
> It was in fact coined by the folks in Wolfsburg to describe the faces of
> VW Van test drivers appearance as thay performed their winter testing of
> early VW Vans.
>
> Stan Wilder

My '76 had no supplemental heat.  One cold winter day a bunch of us
went off to lunch and someone yelled from the back, "when's it gonna
get warm back here?"  I replied, "April!"

RVC (required Vanagon content): my '81 has a built-in BA-6 gas heater
that keeps me toasty, although after 19 trouble-free years, I've
had to replace the combustion blower motor twice in 12 months; the
points
on the end start to fail.

                                Richard A. Jones
                                Boulder, Colorado
                                '81 Vanagon   Mr Bus
                                '87 Syncro Westy   El Jefe