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Date:         Mon, 28 May 2007 12:34:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cockpit of a C-141
In-Reply-To:  <cd5.ffd12fc.338c808c@aol.com>
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Now, Frank, please don't be too hasty, here. I would LOVE to have a dozen gages, all showing me how well things are going mechanically. Problem is, with a Vanagon, they often aren't going that well.... .... and to quote a well-known old TV program, "Do you really want to know?"... {;^P >

Frank Grunthaner <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM> wrote: In a message dated 5/27/07 1:02:14 PM, jbange@GMAIL.COM writes:

> You know, I bet if someone took all the various indicators, switches, > gauges, and buttons we've all collectively added to our vans and equipped > one van with all of them, they'd end up with a really cool control panel , > like the nav/engineer panel on the right side of this photo of the cockpit > of a C-141: > > > Personally, that is my goal... > > When I first saw this post, I thought that here was a comment from a kindred soul who enjoyed the movement of carefully ordered dials singing the refrains of a well engineered vehicle. Now I see that the thread has degenerated (!) to the mirthful reminiscences of formerly airbound transport professionals musing about the lack of size and speed of their Vanagon rides.

But the insight of the first poster should not go unlauded. As I move through the night with my gauge array (described and illustrated at Alistair Bell's site) both within the custom instrument cluster and distributed about the dash and heater fascia dutifully wiping away the seeming boredom of the well functioning machine, I marvel at the yellow backlit gauges, periodically flick the radiator, oil cooler and intercooler fan override switches to check the function of the monitoring lights and once again consider how I could adapt real time tire pressure monitors into the information array.

But this note is belated triggered by a blatant commercial email I received from Speedhut.com announcing a new group of custom 2 5/8 inch gauges that mount in 2 1/16 inch gauge holes and a new EGT gauge and sender with sufficient length to mount in the Vanagon (and support TDi conversions). These are the best gauges that I have ever encountered with 270 degree sweep, built in microprocessors and data output capability (settable output triggers for emergence warnings). They are pricey, but the outfit is offering a 15% discount with promotion code: "0526MEM". Their website: www.speedhut.com. Except for my 12 gauge purchase, I have to fiscal interest in the operation.

Hope this is of some value ... love to support US high tech entrepreneurs!

Frank Grunthaner

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