I grew up in the Mississippi delta, drove air-cooled vw's and never
had air-conditioning.  You really have to watch an air-cooled engine
on those hot and humid days.  Sweating constantly was expected and the
real problem wasn't the heat but was the mosquitoes that would come in
at the stop signs and then bite your sandal clad feet while you tried
to drive.  I learned to not aim the flip-out windows (crotch coolers)
at my face after getting hit by several large and unidentified bugs
and to open the doors at highway speeds to flush out the foot-well
mosquitoes.

I guess my point is that you don't need ac.  I still drive an
air-cooled vw without ac (or good heat for that matter) and don't
really notice until it comes up on the list.

Jonathan Poole
'82 Air-Cooled Westy