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Subject:Re: '91 Camper Comments
From:Steve Johnson
Date:Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:51:26 PDT

So J. Walker says:
> >	If I had kept mine, I had planned to port the right-most duct into the
> >	side vent nearby, seal off the fresh air intake in the grill and use
> >	the ventilation ducts to route cool air to the dash.

Yeah, I was thinkin' I could mooch a front vent system from a vanagon bus
and hook it up with a hose running somehow from the back and attaching
it to 2 or more vents.

> 
> the only problem i can see with this idea is the distinct possibility of
> condensation on the metal ... rusting the roof out from the inside. if you
> could manage to plastic-coat it somehow, or run some plastic tubing ...

Or maybe a really long condum?

> 
> in the pictures in the german books i've seen, there are buses with the
> a/c vent running along the sides of the roof ... so they can have front face
> air AND the sunroof (or camper). :(    why do they get all the good stuff? :(

Maybe it has something to do with that little spat we had with the Germans
back in the forties......   ;) 

Steven

sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com