I paid dearly for my BEHR unit I think it was $300ish, it was the
first one I had ever seen on eBay and made SURE that I was going to
win it. Anyway, don't go by that price I have heard BEHR units often
change hands for as little as $50.

Going another route, I often see rear westy AC units on eBay or on
list. (I am even toying with the idea of pulling mine now that I'm
throwing in a front unit to free up the storage space).

Chris

On 6/15/05, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
> I'm in the final (I hope) phases of building up a nice turbo motor for
> my diesel westy. I'm having an AC compressor installed before I put the
> motor in. I'm researching ways to add the rest of the system inside the
> car.
> 
> Chris G. sent me a nice rundown on the Behr system. I see you have to
> give up your glove box, but no bit deal really. Where do you get the
> Behr unit and how much should I expect to pay. The one thing I worry
> about is getting air back to the rear passengers. Can the cold air be
> routed like the fresh air, through the door and back to the two vents
> over the westy sliding door?
> 
> And what about the overhead unit that came installed in vanagon? There
> is one available locally and it'll be pretty cheap. It looks like it
> will do a great job of throwing air to the front and to the back, and I
> won't lose the glovebox if I go this route. But unless I figure a way
> to move it forward, I think that Martin Jaegersand did it and lost
> about 7" of entry room into the upstairs bunk. That's a lot, especially
> when you consider using a ladder to get up there. Has anyone
> successfully moved it? I doubt it can be moved because if it's too far
> forward it won't clear the heads of the people in the front seat, so
> the only real solution is to shorten it in its front-to-rear dimension.
> 
> And then there's the under-the-back-seat solution, which I know
> absolutely nothing about but I have heard they exist.
> 
> Anyone have an opinion on any of these?
> 
> Jim
>