You are right. I bought one of these kits and it is an Atwood 4-inch fan.
With a bit of tape, a few zip ties, and a switch thrown in for the extra
$44. Due to the noise it makes, I would rather be cold!
John Andrew 1980 and 1984 Westy's
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Foltz <Pfunky@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, December 18, 1999 2:33 PM
Subject: Air Cooled heat----the quick, cheap and dirty way

>After drooling over the inline heater boosters available and trying to
>justify the $69 plus shipping, for what looked like a fan and some tape, I
>finally found a solution at a marine supply store.  Attwood's 4-inch,
>water-resistant turbo in-line blower, used for ventilating bilges on boats.
>$25 here in Richmond, they had two in stock, that look exactly like the
fans
>pictured in those kits.  They also had the 3 inch fans that look like the
>ones pictured in the bug kit.  I installed mine next to the gearshift box,
>right above the spare, fits nicely, really helps the alt/blower.  I have
not
>done the insulation(it really doesn't get that cold in Richmond) but did
>replace the center section of holy tubing with some 4" ID alum dryer vent
>hose (it is too big inside to fit right over the vw collector, but fits
>tightly over the oem tubing, which fits tightly over the vw collector. I
also
>bypassed the heater boxes as they were rotten and pricey, I will fix them
>back to original when time and money become cheaper.  Temporary Temp
control
>will be by blending fresh air into the airbox, just like them water boxers
do!
>ANYWAY, it gets pretty dang hot and that's what I wanted.  If you want more
>details on how to spend a fun day at the junkyard and parts stores and
under
>your van, fee free to p-mail me.
>
>Toasty warm in Richmond, P