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Subject:Re: Winters in the van...a woodstove?!
From:Doug Alcock
Date:Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:50:55 -0500

>>Hans, et. al-
>>    A woodstove?! wow...I'd like to see that! or do that! How did you
>>manage a woodstove in there? I'm facing my first Maine winter with a
>>vanagon and I"m just starting to ponder safe ways to keep it warm in
there.
>>
>>cheers!
>>-arthur

I saw a couple of these in homebuilt campers while living on Vancouver
Island. A buddy had a camperised Dodge van with a very small wood stove in
the back of the van. It was bolted to a metal plate that was welded to the
floor. The chimney went out through an insulated ring set into a hole in
one of the back doors --- and there were brackets on the outside to keep
the chimney stable. He was a musician who spent most of the year
travelling from gig to gig and living in the van. Think I'll stick to a
Plat cat --- but the woodstove was pretty cool (so to speak) and sure did
keep the van warm.

Cheers,
Doug

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