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Subject:Re: Installing A/C worth the pain?
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:16:21 -0500

> Id hate to sell my westy becouse its got no A/C but
> becouse i live in florida, I might have to.
> I cant live through another summer without it.
> I could possibly install an A/C from another Donor,
> but chances of me being able to buy a complete westy
> donor with AC under $1500 are slim. Ill beed to buy a
> whole donor van so that i may install while having the
> donor as a reference to where things go. Right?

Last year I got a closeout on a complete, brand new aircooled vanagon westy
air conditioning package, genuine VW.  Included pretty much everything -
interior bits, compressor, condensor, wiring, instructions, even the little
window tag that said "air conditioned" that the VW dealer was supposed to
put on the van in the lot when the job was done. About $2500 worth of stuff
at 1982 prices.  Brand new dealer overstock, sold with a 30 day warranty
against defects.  My price was $895. This sounds like exactly what you need.
It is the entire kit that the dealer would have used to install "factory
air" in an '80-83 Westy.  Last I checked, my supplier had ONE unit left.
Let me know if interested.

I also have two brand new York compressors for aircooled vans '78-83,
$199.95 each.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215) 234-VWVW