Stan was pretty active on the list around the time I got on board
full time in about 2000.  He had a nice website of ideas for Vanagon
mods and DIY improvements.  Alas it seems to be gone now.  (Nowadays
when I find a site with good ideas I want to keep forever, I print
the page to a PDF file.  There are various free programs to do this,
PDF Creator is one we put on all the PCs at the college where I
work.)  I remember he had nice plans for the rack thing to mount an
AC in the passenger door window.  What I really loved was this gadget
that was (iirc) 4" water pipe elbow mounted to/through a square of
plexiglass.  It was put in the sliding window opening with the open
end of the elbow sticking out into the airflow.  Supposedly funneled
a huge amount of fresh air into the cab while driving in hot
weather.  I think there was a warning about high velocity bugs
hurting when they hit the back of your neck!  I love that kind
of  funky creative re-purposing problem solving stuff, and I find the
Vanagon is a great platform to exercise that activity.

Edward

At 06:46 PM 6/18/2010, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>Stan's alive and well and selling real estate last I heard.
>
>And still chasing the feral cats!  ;)
>
>On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > another contender is/was Marvel Mystery oil (some might still remember
> > Stan Wilder(?) who was a strong believer in that one)
> >
>
>
>
>--
>Jake
>
>1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
>1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
>
>Crescent Beach, BC
>
>www.thebassspa.com
>www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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