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Subject:Re: Anyone seen this van in person
From:dylan
Date:Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:32:11 -0700

The MSDS conversions were designed for SoCal and had different layouts if heat was needed.
Oil to coolant heat exchangers are one way to add heat to a Porsche powered VW.

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From: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 7:13:05 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone seen this van in person

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM, W Monk <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone seen this syncro in person?
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=859636
> Its local to me and would like to go look at just to see what they did. I
> just don't understand
> the conversion to go back to aircooled? �I love having heat in my
> Westfalia!! I'd give up power
> for �heat anyday.

Looks like it has heat... the heaters now work from the oil system!
Very interesting idea, and something that owners of stock aircooled
VWs of all kinds could look into... means some long oil lines.

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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic