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Subject:Re: Keeping warm(er) while driving
From:Thom Fitzpatrick
Date:Mon, 5 Dec 1994 22:39:15 -0800 (PST)

>Several days ago, someone posted a note saying that they had put plastic 
>between the front and the back to keep warm.  This gave me an idea which
>I did try tonight.  If you take an old blanket and place it over the 
>headrests of the driver and passenger seat, with just a little dip
>between the seats, the front part of the camper does seem to be
>significantly warmer while driving.  The temperature outside is on the
>order of 5 degrees tonight (that is F) and the difference is quite apparent.
>Stuart Hutton (hutton@poly.oscs.montana.edu) 82 diesel vanagon camper

I did something exactly like this in my last '67 bus.  I used a piece
of heavy canvas, and cut an hemmed it to fit the curve of the roof, and
used twist-fasteners to put it up with, so I could easily take it down.
This made a huge difference in the heat in the front!

Thom
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> Hmmmm... This tuna just doesn't taste the same without the dolphin.
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