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Subject:Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
From:bueses
Date:Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:16:24 -0600

on 9/22/06 12:03 PM, Jake de Villiers at crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com
wrote:

> I bet your splits are in better shape than mine ever were!  We wore lots of
> wool and left the windows open to keep the frost buildup off the inside of
> the windows.    :-)

My DC had an inline fan cut into the central heat tube by the PO to increase
the volume of air to the front, but even in a smaller cabin like a DC, it
was a little chilly on my January road trips to Buses by the Bridge in AZ.

Tom B.-2 Eberspachers in the garage, uninstalled

P.s. It has snowed in Salt Lake City already this Summer!
>
> Of course my '57 Chevy pickup had a heater like two hamsters breathing on
> your feet too, so it might have something to do with the state of my
> automotive knowledge (and complete lack of money!) in those days!
>
> I'm thinking its a good thing none of our cars had any speed in those days.
>
> On 9/22/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> on 9/22/06 11:06 AM, Jake de Villiers at crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That was the theory on the Type 2s, but none of my splits ever had ANY
>> heat
>>> after October!  Even on the West Coast, the heat just disappeared on the
>> way
>>> forward.
>>
>>
>> It gets there, but you have to drive at high rpm for 20-30 minutes before
>> it will!
>>
>> Tom B.-parka/glove/boot wearing winter bus driving fool?
>>
>>
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