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Subject:Re: Speaking of heater fans...
From:Dave Black
Date:Mon, 9 Jan 1995 17:10:31 -0700 (MST)

On Mon, 9 Jan 1995 todds@sonny.chotel.com wrote:

> ....does anyone have any experience with the fan that fits
> in the tube from the back to the front which is supposed to
> help get heat in to the poor little bus (pre-80)? I know you
> people in the temperate zones (read cold) don't care, since 
> the darn thing needs heat to begin with, but you people in
> the sub-tropics (AZ, SoCal, AL, NSW???) -- have you had 
> any contact or thoughts on this?

You mean the one up under the pedals?  The PO of my Bus installed a
non-automotive squirrel cage fan under there, and interfaced it to
the tube with an aluminum pie tin (you know, the kind you get with
a frozen pie?).  It works pretty well, actually, and makes for great
conversation!  Actually, it worked well when I lived in the sub-tropics;
it doesn't do much in the sub-alpine of Northern AZ!

Dave
'71 Westfalia & SB