Hi again Chris,

    No I didn't cut it down, I looked at that to clear the handle. Although
if you were to shorten the unit (length wise), the rear housing moves
forward. Yes it uncovers the handle, but I think you would hit your head on
it all the time. So I just bit the bullet and hung it up. Like I say the
handle is a little hard to get to, but well worth the cool air.
    Shortening the unit would be easy, nothing in there. So if your short
(I'm not tall 5' 11"), or don't mind a love tap every now and then, by all
means shorten it. Why don't you get someone to ride with you, and hold a box
the right size, or something about where the A/C housing would be and just
see how bad you will interfere with it while driving.
    I tell you I had an easy choice, 90 + summer weather, or hard to get to
pop top handle................dah.

Howard

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: vanagon passenger front a/c in a westy?

> In a message dated 3/5/03 8:49:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> openwhel@BELLSOUTH.NET writes:
>
>
> >
> >     Sorry no pictures tonight, but I'll be glad to take some tomorrow.
The
> > bus is at the shop across town.
> >
> > Howard
> >
>
> hi, that would be great..  i thought about doing this a while ago but i
have
> held the front overhead a/c unit from a '80-'85 westy up to the headliner
in
> a westy and it totally covers up the poptop latch.. did you cut the unit
down
> to make it fit?
> chris
>