Sean Bartnik wrote: > > >For my second attempt at owning a vanagon, I'm eyeing this nicely > >redone '80 westy. It has the package that I think was known at the > >"basic" camper. Anyone familiar with this? > > > >The "fridge" is really more of a cooler from what I understand--it > >doesn't produce any cold of its own. Does anyone have any experiences > >with these? What's the best way to cool stuff in it? How long can I > >expect to keep stuff cold and how cold will that be? > > > Point for discussion w/ the list... > I always thought that in the basic camper (non-propane) that there was > no fridge of any kind, just an icebox like the Bus non-deluxe campers > had. But Bentley seems to indicate that it is a fridge, but that it is > only operated electrically (like the Bus deluxe Westy fridges were) and > not on propane too like the deluxe Vanagon Westy. Does anyone have any > definitive info on this, because now I am curious :-) > This has been discussed previously :-) Will anectodal evidence from a primary source be definitive enough? I had an '81 "basic" camper which had EXACTLY the layout and accoutrements described by the original poster of the question...the fridge position in the cabinet was occupied by an ICEbox and nothing more! Bentley may be referring to Canjun versions... Later, there were several pop-top Weekender versions with a 12v refrigerator behind the passenger seat that looked like a cooler (icechest). This evolved into the Multivan and the EV MV "weekender"...
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