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Date:         Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:14:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need to cool off!
Comments: To: Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@yahoo.com>
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Dunno about AC much...have in in my pickup but I rarely ever use that any longer...the pickup.

What I do is stop and cool off by going into a creek or maybe taking a siesta in the hottest part of the day. If you really have a schedule, try to arrange it to work around the hot....Or just tell your family to HTFU! That is an abbreviation used by bicycle riders when someone is complaining about how fast the pack is riding or the steepness of a mountain or otherwise wanking in general. Probably not something to say to your family, I guess...

Anyhow, AC is a luxury that I, for one, don't care to pay the price for...Extra stuff to keep working, extra gas to run the vehicle with it on, and when you get out of the vehicle into the actual atmosphere outside, it makes it fell really hot, so all you want to do is run inside somewhere...What's the fun in that? Try bringing along a milk jug of clean water and pouring over each other inside when it's really really hot. That cools you off and it's kind fun...

We had one of those window mount coolers when I was a kid...it worked well, too..I recall, but my pop didn't get any of the cooling over in the drivers seat..

HTFU...sorry, I won't explain but it can be appropriate at times..

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ahh. No. Could not sell Lola. She is great, except the lack of AC. > > Shifting conversation.. what about those portable evaporative AC units. > Fill with Ice & Water, etc... > > Any feedback on those? > > From: chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@YAHOO.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 8:45 AM > Subject: Re: Need to cool off! > > > This may, or may not be an option. > Sell your existing '87 and buy one with a good AC already working. You'd > be $2,000-$5,000 ahead with money your not spending on your '87. It would > be like a credit you apply to the new rig. > I have no idea what type of condition your present unit is in, or what > expenses you've got into it. Notice I didn't use the word "investment". If > it is an investment that will make a return for you; go ahead and upgrade. > Unlike me, there are plenty of potential owners that will buy a Westfalia > without AC and the price added for existing AC is near nothing. > > Chris C3 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Need to cool off! > > Ok, the family has put their feet down. There were too many hot times in > our= > last trip. (Got up to 105F at one point.) windows open, not much help. I > n= > eed to cool my '87 Westy. While on the road. > > Is it realistic or reasonable to try to install an AC in her?=20 > > Any recommended solution? > > Thinking about the evaporative cooler. Pros or Cons? Recommended models? > Whe= > re could I get one not on line? Saw one from GoCool, anyone else see this? > > If I can't cool the van down, then I will be traveling alone. Your help is > a= > ppreciated! > > Jeremy > > Sent from my iPad= >


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