Or alternatively maintain and improve on the heat system in the AC vans and
viola! Warm as toast. I installed a pusher fan in my heater duct and
insulated the ductwork and cleaned out the heater boxes and my wife is
always telling me to turn down the heat. I like it warm.

Nathaniel

On 12/4/06 7:23 PM, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> Roger Sisler wrote:
>> Rule #1 for aircooled Vanagons: Wear warm socks in winter
>>
>>
> A little trick for warmer feet in Aircooled Vans.
>
> Sae your bread bags. Slip on your socks, slip on your bread bags, slip
> feet with  bread bags into shoes. Voila! no cold feet.
>
> Bread bags trap the foot moisture, it can't get past the bag and soak
> your shoe. So there is no path for heat loss. Your feet will stay warm.
> Works extremely well if you have on an insulated shoe/boot or are
> wearing shoe-pacs or Sorrel Boots in winter with felt liners. Or for
> that matter high-top moosehide moccasins. Use to wear'em in my muk-luk's
> back in the 70's and 80's in my travels all over Alaska. Never had cold
> feet. Some times it looked like I had trench foot, if I didn't change
> the socks twice a day, but otherwise, it really worked.
>
> I would consider the bags winter safety gear in norther climes.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver