I liked the AC in the front of my  84 much better than the configuration
of the AC in the later models.  Those "tunnels" up the side of rear
cargo space above the engine bay took up lots of storage space, and the
tunnel down the center of the van was much more in the way than the
front unit ever was.

One of the first things I took out of my 84 vanagon when I started
stripping it was the AC system which I will put in one of my vans.  As
Kim noted, that plastic is quite brittle feeling now, but so does the AC
housing from an 87.  All of this is quite prone to cracking.

The old system worked great and kept the van very cold.  Of course, the
van took quite a power hit when the compressor kicked in since it was a
1.9l WBX.

Frank Grunthaner put one of these systems into a Westy and info about
that is on Alistar Bell's web page.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/mods3.html

(I wonder why some people want to make evaluative commentary on
something they have never used.  This can lead one to make a mistake or ER.)

Sam

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Sam Walters
Baltimore, MD

89 Syncro GL
85 Westy Weekender

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