From: Don Williams <williams@fire.biol.wwu.edu>
Subject: I'll give you a little different perspective. I bought an 85
Westy with AC that worked, and I took it out!!! How's that for a
different point of view. The additional space above the sleeping area
is wonderful and useful, the space you gain in the engine compartment
is essential for working on it, and the inclination to interact with
your outside environment is vastly increased with air conditioning.
It may decrease your saleability a little---I don't know, but I will
tell you this. The kind of person that is going to buy a 20 year old
van is probably not the kind of person that would worry about air
conditioning anyway. If you are worried about interacting with your
environment get a Toyota Sienna and stay bottled up 24- 7. Maybe you
can find a refrigerated suit that will get you from your
air-conditioned vehicle into the motel room!!!

Date: Fri, 4 Mar
2005 02:22:56 EST From: JordanVw@AOL.COM Subject: Re: Air
conditioning keep it or leave it? In a message dated 3/3/05 8:21:46
PM Eastern Standard Time, martine.boud@VIDEOTRON.CA writes: > I
have a 1989 Westy. Air Conditioning never worked and I have to change
 > the > front radiator. (Read: spend lots of $$) My question could
become very > subjective but here it is; is it wise to keep the AC if
you leave north of > Boston? I read many email saying that our 2.1l
engine are not design for AC > anyway. Should I keep it in the Westy
or take it out and have a nice > storage cabinet? Has anyone remove
the AC heat exchanger to make a storage > cabinet, is this a good
idea? > Thanks > Joel >