It's funny that the power indicator light is labelled. Also that they called it the pilot light.
If this is the deluxe model, I wonder what the base model was like. 
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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
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It's funny that the power indicator light is labelled. Also that they called it the pilot light.
If this is the deluxe model, I wonder what the base model was like. 
Believe it or not, there was humor in the 1970s.It's funny that someone thought it necessary to label power indicator light, much less call it the "pilot light".
This was my customized van. It was a lot of fun. I started a van club with another guy and we had a quite a group of vanners. I hauled band gear it it too. The ladies liked it a lot. The decal on the side was called Billy Buzzard.
I wish I had photos of the couple of modified Vans I owned. The bubble windows, shag carpet, raised bed/sitting platform, accent lights and awesome stereo made for a party on wheels and we hauled a lot of gear too! I loved cruising around and if you went to a park it always attracted a crowd!
Yeah, I did three different vans over the years. Mostly interior mods but still able to carry a ship(sp?) load of gear.
I opted for the traditional VW hippie van...1970 version. The only modification was to mount a factory gasoline heater meant to heat the rear passenger area. I plumbed it into the heat piping (as if) to make it come to the front of the bus to help defrost the windshield but it was no use. By the time it came out in front it was lukewarm at best.
I kept a window scraper handy to clear the inside of the windshield.
I drove a VW Fastback that actually had a defrost blower. Due to perforations in the heat exchangers, there was never much heat, so I was also scraping the inside of the windshield. The funkiest part of the rig was that the pressure from the spare tire was used to make the windshield wiper fluid squirt. Hey, it worked.
The VW designers used air to air heat exchangers for the engine cooling air to heat the cabin heating air. This way engine fumes and exhaust gas were kept out of the passenger compartment.I drove a VW Fastback that actually had a defrost blower. Due to perforations in the heat exchangers, there was never much heat, so I was also scraping the inside of the windshield. The funkiest part of the rig was that the pressure from the spare tire was used to make the windshield wiper fluid squirt. Hey, it worked.
The Corvair designers said "to heck with that" and just ran the cooling air right off the engine into the passenger compartment when heat was desired. This had the positive effect that you had engine heat, RIGHT NOW. LIke, burn your fingers on the outlet grilles heat. Unfortunately, if your Corvair leaked oil onto the exhaust manifolds, like 99% of them did after a couple years, you filled the passenger compartment with oily smoke. Even worse, if you had an exhaust leak, you could fill the passenger compartment with a mixture of oily smoke and carbon monoxide.
I'm not actually aware of anyone being poisoned by CO in a Corvair, but it's not impossible.
Paris Bass Boom Amp 1960s - Made in Kansas USA!
I love the control numbers being in Roman numerals as well as getting 3 inputs.
I love the control numbers being in Roman numerals as well as getting 3 inputs.
"Yeah, but... this one goes to XI, dunnit?"
So sayeth Winslowus Claudius Maximus!"Yeah, but... this one goes to XI, dunnit?"
Well that's a new spin on "I, IV, V"
Those things were awesome.Studer A820 2-track
...until you had to solder the circuit boards!! ( had a 2-inch 16-track for a while...)
