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Subject:Re: features on the lesser westy?
From:Sean Bartnik
Date:Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:25:40 PDT

>For my second attempt at owning a vanagon, I'm eyeing this nicely
>redone '80 westy.  It has the package that I think was known at the
>"basic" camper.  Anyone familiar with this?
>
>The "fridge" is really more of a cooler from what I understand--it
>doesn't produce any cold of its own.  Does anyone have any experiences
>with these?  What's the best way to cool stuff in it?  How long can I
>expect to keep stuff cold and how cold will that be?
>
Point for discussion w/ the list...
I always thought that in the basic camper (non-propane) that there was
no fridge of any kind, just an icebox like the Bus non-deluxe campers
had.  But Bentley seems to indicate that it is a fridge, but that it is
only operated electrically (like the Bus deluxe Westy fridges were) and
not on propane too like the deluxe Vanagon Westy.  Does anyone have any
definitive info on this, because now I am curious :-)

Sean Bartnik
Fairfax, Virginia
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'81 Vanagon L Westfalia
'74 Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm

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