On 01/02/2016 02:35 PM, Richard Smith wrote:

> All of our vehicles had block heaters. The vws had a circular thing
> under the centre of the crankcase. They also had a "battery blanket"
> to keep the battery warm. Vanagons have no space for those, but they
> were essential back in the day.

Seems like there'd be enough space for something like this:

<http://www.autozone.com/1/products/18125-battery-pad-heater-22400-kats-heaters-22400.html>
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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.