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I agree that outside air, and outside filler is much safer. Ive heard several stories about the heaters catching fire... all early 60's stuff, and I did see one in a junkyard that looked like it started there in a Bug. Russ just kept his customer's heaters working so well that they not only got the warm but the Fuzzy too... ;-) Keith > In all my years working on VW's and gas heater, I have never seen a car > that was torched BECAUSE of the gas heater. > Jason does have the RED warning gas cap. Yes, he should be pulling air > from the passengers compartment. Jason lives in SoCal. How often do you > think he will actually use that heater. ;=) > If the heater is installed with ALL the components, it should pull > combustion air from under the car. > The thread that started all this was asking about installing one in a > '71. That car has the filler on the outside, not in the trunk. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >