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Subject:Re: Copy of: Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??
From:Peter Larsson
Date:Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:34:48 +0100

Tim Smith wrote:
> 
> >Where were the digital displays mounted for the BBW 46  CDN Eberspacher
> >watercooled gas heater?
> >
> >Hey Tim Smith - you've got a BBW 46 (you lucky dog!!)  Where is the
> 
> Yup, too bad the DPO gutted all the plumbing, and the mech who did it for
> him put all the parts in the trash after keeping them for a year, (howls of
> anguish here, pls)  It's made by Webasto, and any wasserboxer wanting a
> camping furnace ought to seriously look at one of these units.
> The digital control is by my left knee, just under the air vent.  About
> 3"x2"high, smaller LCD screen with 4 buttons in a row under, and a couple of
> LEDS either side of screen. The mounting housing fits dash perfectly and is
> very much OEM style.  Controller slide/clips in.
> 
>   Can't figure what the '88 widget is either, remote head for a radar
> detector the owner didn't hide very well?  I have a Cobra 'Trapshooter Pro'
> that fits that description, but the head is well hidden in a low parcel
> shelf, under a lid with the audio response turned up loud.  The provincial
> Gestapo frown on such things. ($500 frowns)  bye all, tim

Does this things really work? I mean the radar detector? Is it combined 
radar/laser? I would really want to lay my hands on one, but they are 
kind of a little illegal in sweden. Maybe because they do work good!
Peter Larsson
1994 EV Crewcab Syncro

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