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 Desert Bug
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| posted on September 4th, 2003 at 10:31 PM |
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Strange vents on '67 splitty.
Anyone know the story behind this vent setup? It's a '67 Panel.
Cheers, Ian.
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| posted on September 4th, 2003 at 10:36 PM |
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to me it looks like it was as an import (vents below) and some one has add the aussie vents above...
could be the other way roumd but i dont think so as the vents above are un even...
thats my guess.
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| posted on September 4th, 2003 at 11:26 PM |
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COOL !
maybe it was an option for our HOTTER climate ?
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| posted on September 4th, 2003 at 11:28 PM |
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I've been told these vans were Aussie built and windows were cut in as part of the order.
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| posted on September 4th, 2003 at 11:59 PM |
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My PV has these vents as well but no windows. I've been told they were factory vents as it is a commercial vehicle and driven hard. It sure does
keep the motor cool.
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| posted on September 5th, 2003 at 05:18 AM |
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Normally, the lower (dust sucker) vents were on imported Kombis only, and the top vents (anti dust sucker) were on Australian made Kombis...
Kombi Vans usually have flow thru ventilation vents up high.... 3 or 4 vents only.
This one seems to have them ALL...!!
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| posted on September 5th, 2003 at 10:12 AM |
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Top Vents
The top vents on your bus are different to the Aussie ones as yours bend in and the Aussie ones bend out from the car!
The last year model always has oddities like that.
Cheers
Steve
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| posted on September 6th, 2003 at 12:17 AM |
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According to Steve Muller (Muller VW Sydney) this vent setup was for an Aust. Goverment order of '67 Panel vans for The Dept. of Water
Exploration and Lands or something like that. They all had the same vent configuration and a lot of them had windows cut into the sides to make look
like window vans. Steve said he knows of 3 of these vans.
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| posted on September 6th, 2003 at 05:46 PM |
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I had a dude come to see me today for some parts for his '67 splitty, guess what, same vents, it was a panel with windows cut in too
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