Date:         Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:49:50 -0400
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@JUNO.COM>
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
Comments: To: Jeanon@AOL.COM
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<< While awaiting parts to get my van running I am wondering what great
improvisations (aka 'farkle') members of the group have made to keep cool
in a vanagon, since my a/c still needs repairs I am particularly
interested in any sort of 'windconditioning'. It is 88F now and the
summer in New Orleans has not started. >>

   This is where you wish that you had an air cooled bus, because the
heat coming off that radiator in front of your feet is very hard to
overcome.  I'd recommend a 12 volt clip on fan down at floor level (I
clamp ours to the seat belt anchor) to
help move the hot air out of the foot wells.

  One hot day in June our AC failed and the thermometer that I have
mounted on the cab roof near the rear view mirror read a high of 108°!
We damn near killed the cat on that trip- actually not a trip- 'cos after
an emergency trip to a veterinarian, we gave up and drove home after
dark.

       George/ATL
      '89 WesTiico, Wernher