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On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 18:45, John Jaranson wrote: > > > > > Actually the later cars with the flow through ventilation should have > an advantage here. the pressure build up would not be as great and the > doors should close easier. > > All modern cars have this kind of ventilation built into them. Both to > help with door closing efforts and to help the performance of climate > control systems. > When our cars were new, you sometimes had to open the vent wing to get the door to close properly. That problem went away when they went to flow through ventilation. The heating system also improved, because the engine fan didn't have to "force" air into a seal box. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~