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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Most, if not all VWs came with a gas-fired heater as an option. There were different models and configurations used over the years but most mounted in the front trunk and drew fuel with an independant fuel pump direrctly from the gas tank. The factory installed heaters were made by Eberspacher and dealer-installed units were made by Stewart-Warner and Hupp (just found out about that one thanks to Everett!) and maybe other makers. Generally speaking when operational these things poured out heat but in almost every arrangement there is no provision to get the heat to the windshield! There was a short run of cars in 1969 that added the gas heater inline the stock heating system and these naturally allowed heat to be directed everywhere the stock system allowed. At some point in production ALL Canadian T3s started getting factory-installed gas heaters. People are pretty scared of these things but I've looked at a lot of VWs in junkyards that have or have had gas heaters. I've yet to see one with a blackened front trunk or any other evidence of an explosion! Andre > I've seen numerous Type 3's offered for sale with "gasoline fired > heaters".....Can anyone out there tell me the details of this > system....specs, how does it work, etc. > > Thanks, > Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe </x-charset>