I remember the article in VWTrends some years ago, about the Porsche conversions
of MSDS. I recall he noted that he just used an electric heater to heat the van,
and didn't bother with the air heater.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

Benjamin Tan wrote:

> I have seen at least 3 nearby.
>
> MSDS had a "Range Panzer" Syncro with the brush guard and winch parked in the
> rough section of the parking lot at the Porsche 50th Anniversary in Laguna
> Seca. People couldn't resist looking because it was perched on the hill just
> as you came in. There were rare Porsches, Ferraris, and other exotics in that
> parking lot. But nothing got more curious looks than this unusual Syncro. I
> observed at least 4 people walking right up to the beautifully crafted "Range
> Panzer" emblem just to feel if it really was made from Aluminum checkplate.
> Cool tall ride. The owner was nowhere to be found
>
> Also spotted in San Rafael (Marin County) early in 1999 - a pair of 911
> powered aircooled Vanagons. Neither vehicle looked healthy at the time. Oil
> leaks were evident under the make shift oil tanks hanging from the passenger
> sides of the engine compartment. Looked like Vanagon transaxles. Exhausts
> cobbled-up from Porsche pieces. There was a big collection of dead insects on
> the windshield. These guys were not only nowhere near the vans. They were
> also probably not local. Are you guys in the list somewhere? It you're here,
> it wasn't me crawling under vehicle that they. It was that other guy.
>
> Porschefagnugen
> BenT
> San Francisco
>
> There. I added that to my spell checker dictionary.