I saw one of those "scoops" on a 66 bus at a VW meet.  You can use while
driving or parked.  Funnels the air in through the side window and seemed to
worked really good. Wish I had a pic.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>
>