All I can tell you is the interior of Westfalias on a hot day doesn't smell
anything like the American built RVs I've been in (ok, totally unscientific
method but it's almost Fryeday).  When I was a kid we had a camper on a
pickup and then my parents bought a class C motorhome.  On a hot day when
those were closed up they sure smelled toxic.  None of our Westys ever
smelled like that, and we live in a hot climate (CA Central Valley).

However, our 1974 Westfalia, acquired after some Deadheads were done
following the Dead one summer, has a distinctly different aroma when parked
in the sun on a hot day - grassy, you might say.  I think it's finally
fading but was there for quite a few years.

Donna, Bus Driver

On 6/21/07, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Jun 21, 2007, at 2:14 PM, neil wrote:
>
> > In my case, I wondered after posting my last email, if there was such
> > a thing as "aircraft" plywood. But here's aircraft plywood:
> >
> > http://www.airfieldmodels.com/information_source/
> > construction_materials_for_model_building/plywood.htm
>
> Hmmm, this appears to be a model grade & not a construction grade?
>
> >
> > and marine grade:
> >
> > http://www.apawood.org/level_b.cfm?content=srv_help_prd_marine
>
> Hmmm, waterproof glue like exterior ply, but not treated to resist
> water/decay-Fooled moi!
>
> Tom B.-in any event, the plywood in westy products is not a high
> grade, but way higher than all the other Aftermarket camper volks?
> >
> > I never knew!
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/21/07, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> And all this time, I thought it was marine grade plywood :).
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jeff Ensing" <Kjmmensing@AOL.COM>
> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:33 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [NVC] ABC News: Embalmed in Your Own RV
> >>
> >>
> >> > Keep in mind our campers use Aircraft grade plywood ...NOT
> >> particle board.
> >> >
> >> > There is still laminating glue there but not nearly as much as
> >> particle
> >> > board.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Jeff  E.
> >> > Atlanta , Ga.
> >> > 87' Westy "weekender"
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> >
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