My view of the pictures was that the bra was a generic one for water
cooled Vanagons, but that this was definitely an air-cooled vanagon.
And it doesn't appear to have AC. Factory AC was in the rear
cabinetry, but in early vanagons, it was dealer installed and could
have been up front. However, since this one appears to have a glove
box, it is unlikely to have the dealer installed AC.

On Jul 22, 2006, at 12:09 PM, David Clarkson wrote:

> Is it an air-cooled? Couldn't tell for sure with the bra on but it
> looks
> like it has the 2nd water-cooled grill under the top grill. Wasn't
> 1982 the last
> production year for air-cooled vanagons? Also saw the overhead storage
> compartment over the bench seat so does it have front a/c? All a/c in
> vanagons/Westys would have the evaporator housing where this one
> appears to have  the
> storage cabinet. Just a few questions that I would want to answer
> before I  leave
> on my road trip from Roanoke, VA to NE PA to buy it for my  friend
> today. If
> it truly is as described, I will hold a gun to his  head to make
> him pay the
> asking price. Thanks for your time and info on this  beautiful Westy!