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Date:         Sun, 20 Oct 2002 08:57:33 -0400
Reply-To:     80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From:         80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties]  Wanted: Propex or Carver P4 furnace
Comments: cc: VeeWee111@aol.com, wetwesties@yahoogroups.com, jimt
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The modern day heaters you are talking about are made by 

Espar, an offshoot of Eberspaecher. There is a small Diesel 

version of one of these on eBay right now:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1869690682


Not mine usual disclaimers...


Thanks,
Chris


---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:21:05 -0600
>From: jimt <westydriver@tactical-bus.info>  

>Subject: Re: [WetWesties]  Wanted: Propex or Carver P4 

furnace  

>To: VeeWee111@aol.com
>Cc: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
>
>I would have no problems with adding a small tank for deisel 

to my 

>westy.  I know the heater and didnt even think of them.  we 

used them 

>in tacs units in the air force in several sizes from that 

small one on 

>up to one about 4 times as large.   ours were all 24v units 

but that is 

>not a problem for me either.
>thanks
>jimt
>On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 04:29 PM, 

VeeWee111@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 10/16/2002 12:17:09 PM Pacific Daylight 

Time,
>> westydriver@tactical-bus.info writes:
>>> finally found a couple of sites listing the heaters.
>>
>> Hi Jim,
>> You might try semi-truck wrecking yards.  A midwest USA 

located fellow 

>> list
>> member on the vintagebus list was able to find and 

purchace a very 

>> compact
>> complete German manufactured heater system used when 

truckers parked 

>> on cold
>> nights at truck stops.  It ran off of diesel, but 

converted to gasolene
>> easily with factory parts.
>> AH!!!  Found the Email from Woody at:  <A 

>> HREF="http://www.type2.com/archive/vintagebus/003546.html">
>> http://www.type2.com/archive/vintagebus/003546.html</A>
>>
>> Eric&Barb
>
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