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Subject:Re: Vent wing seals? Anybody?
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Thu, 28 Apr 2016 07:42:24 -0400

So now I'm "seeing" stained glass vent windows.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 10:14 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Lead and glass have a relationship going back thousands of years. Germans
> are no fools.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > You both have added to the Vanagon knowledge base!  At least as far as
> > this list is concerned.  It should have been made of nylon, but that
> would
> > have cost $0.25 more.  But lead is an old school material for an
> old-school
> > design--vent wings.  Long obsolete for poor aerodynamics, but they are an
> > effective early form of air conditioning.
> >
> >