On 5/15/06, Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@vanagonparts.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone out there in Vanagonland ever seen a late model, full-length
> A/C
> system installed in a Double Cab?
>
> I have 3 Tristars arriving this week from Germany and I'm sure at least
> one
> of them will be have air conditioning added, so I'm looking at
> alternatives.
> I have several sets of full-length A/C units laying about and I can't
> think
> of any reason why it wouldn't be fairly simple to install one in a Doka.
> Mounting should be fairly straightfoward and shortening the center channel
> is not a big deal either.
>
> The only troublesome bits I can come up with are building some sort of
> cover
> for the hoses and fabricating a clean method of covering the edges on the
> rear housing where the side panels butt up to the housing.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Comments?

Well, I will be installing a Behr in dash unit in my 88 Doka. I might
install the Klima over head as Kim describes in response to your query in my
89 Doka. I will also be taking Dan Flemings suggestion to put one together
from Vintage Air or similar aftermarket air available for hotrods. They have
a universal kit which looks like it may easily fit behind the dash. I find
the prospect of a having a contemporary system more appealing.

I have seen the Klima overhead AC in Doka before. Fits exactly as Kim
describes. I have not seen the Behr in a Doka but they fit nicely in
Vanagons. They do take up a chunk of the space normally occupied by the
glovebox. Should be perfect for a Doka. Tristars do have gloveboxes much
like my 88 Canadian Doka. You would have to give that up for the Behr. Or at
least make it only big enough for maps. Volume of air should be more than
adequate for the small cabin of a Doka.

Cheers,

BenT