Ben,

I have a metal housing that moves the radio up to the top of the dash
as one of my original Behr components, so I know that option was
made. It would be nice if it were even larger to hold other gauges
and such. I'll take a picture if you want, a decent sheet metal fab
person could no doubt recreate it.

Jim

On Sep 5, 2006, at 2:11 PM, BenT Syncro wrote:

> On 9/5/06, Mark Hersh <markhersh@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> We have an 86 Westy Weekender that had AC (still has some stuff like
>> compressor, some fan, wiring) and is missing the thing
>> (evaporator?) that
>> took up the overhead cabinet space, and some hoses.  We have been
>> thinking
>> of restoring the AC.
>>
>> In the swap-Synchro engine tranny running gear for the 2WD thread,
>> someone
>> mentioned a "Behr" air conditioner?  Is this a complete
>> aftermarket system
>> or would I swap out various components.  I googled it but figured
>> I'd ask
>> here before spending hours on the web.
>>
>> So anyone have any experience putting Behr stuff into their V-
>> gon?  What
>> do
>> I do/where do I start?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark & Jennifer
>> 86 Westy Weekender "Monty"
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> Mark,
>
> The Behr AC in-dash AC is what early Vanagons used. There is plenty of
> discussion of this in the archives so let's not clutter the list
> with too
> much detail now. Yes, they can be retrofitted to later models. I am
> doing
> one now. It's more usefull than the rear AC IMHO because the
> cooling air is
> upfront where you need it most. Downside is you loose 80% of your
> glove box
> space and have to move ther radio to a vertical box on the floor in
> front of
> the shifter.
>
> Cheers,
>
> BenT
> vanagoncafe.info
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> BenT
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