Date:         Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:45:56 -0800
Reply-To:     Jason Kirk <Gojira@ADELPHIA.NET>
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From:         Jason Kirk <Gojira@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Wood Stove Westy
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Is this a real post or another of Friday's follies? I suppose you found
interest in the fuel temp gauge as well. I've got one. How about a
conveyor belt running through the center of the van from front to back
for passing items from the front to the rear passengers and vice-versa?
It's only a thought, but with a little work it could be a reality.
What's next... bolt on snow shoes?

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Doug in Calif
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:20 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Wood Stove Westy
>
> Okay, I need some fuel for thought.
> The only wood stove I have ever even seen a notion of is the one pic
of
> Otmar's strectch vanagon camped witht the smoke stack of a wood stove
> sticking up about 6 feet above the van with smoke exiting the stack.
>
> I just emailed him to ask what  type of wood stove he was using in the
> vanagon.
>
> I would like to hear any thoughts or ideas from all those folks out
there
> who may have thought about installing a wood stove in the westy or
> standard vanagon for camping in cold weather.
>
> I would like to make an attempt at designing a wood stove for the
vanagon
> that is very small. I need feedback on flue pipe routing and where in
the
> westy or standard vanagon a small woodstove could work .
>
> Any related thoughts about this idea you folks may have had would be
> greatly appreciated. I will certainly post my end results of this
project.
>
> It is my thinking that a portable "micro" wood stove that has many of
the
> advanced features of the new generation wood burning stoves have for
home
> use would be in interesting addition to westy winter camping.
>
> Please feel free to p-email me with any of your ideas or feed back.
>
> Again what is only a thought or desire can become a reality.
>
> Doug