Well, Christian Pelletier lives near me. he can come in check out
several types on my various Vanagons. I have the H-shaped overhead
unit, the tunnel style unit, and the Behr in-dash AC. Have them
installed an also sitting loose as spares.

BenT

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:48:38 -0500, Sam Walters <sam.cooks@verizon.net> wrote:
> Previous Q&A:
>
> > Why does the Westy have the rear AC, which takes up valuable storage
> > space, instead of a truncated overhead unit?
>
> Because it uses the same equipment as the factory AC for the non-westy. The
> only difference was a lack of center tunnel space. The westy factory
> probably didn't want to have to install an aftermarket unit.
>
> Reply:
>
> Don't think this is it because the early Westys had AC in the rear even
> though the early passenger vans had AC in the front.  A slightly
> modified pre-86 AC unit can be fitted in the front of a Westy, so it
> could have been done that way.   Frank Grunthaner did it.   Just an
> observation, may Chris Turner or someone else who knows lots about the
> various models has some insight.
>
> Sam
>
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