And single head light grills have cardboard attached to them to prevent air
from going into the 'cavity' as you call it. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jake de Villiers
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:53 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Radiator cardboard and its replacement

Further to this, I noticed while washing Dixie today (first nice day in a
month!) that the '86 grille has a molded-in plastic block-off around the
sides that isn't present on the '84.  Looks like it focuses the cooling air
on the rad, rather than the cavity beside.

On Feb 17, 2008 6:12 PM, Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>  Hey Neil especially, and anybody else who might care -
>
>  I recently replaced all of the fiber-based cardboard air deflectors in my
> '85 with plastic "cardboard" stuff. It is used in making shipping
dividers,
> and has the same structure as corrugated cardboard, but is made of some
kind
> of styrene. It is mostly immune to automotive solvents, tho I would not
use
> it to make a gas tank!
>
>  I used the originals as templates, and traced out their shapes on the
> sheet of board. I cut the stuff with a big pair of scissors. I then used a
> hole-punch to put holes in the places I was going to attach it at, using
> zip-ties and screws.
>
>  This stuff was easy to put in, easy to work with, cheap, won't degrade
> like the fiber-board stuff, and most important for you and your question,
> all went in without removing anything except the old pieces. Except the
> grill. And dropping the spare tire down.
>
>  (delays in replies are due to digest accessability...  ...by me, that
> is!)
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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