I'm located in Sacramento, CA. I'll definately keep you in the loop. I'm
currently looking at replacing the entire air handling box in the dash.
Vintage Air has a unit with a heating and cooling coil together that is all
controlled electronically, like modern cars. That is what I'm looking at.
--
Blake Heinlein
http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/

On 12/29/06, Craig Morton <rangermorton1972@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Blake:
>
> I have a similar desire and have talked to the folks at Vintage Air. I
> hear good things about their products from the hot rod community but was
> never able to find anyone who had put their system in a Vanagon. If you go
> forward with this project I would certainly like to know how you make out
> and how well the single, under dash system performs.
>
> Craig
>
> *Blake Heinlein <blakeheinlein@GMAIL.COM>* wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I know this may seem very out of season but I've started planning for next
> summer.
> I have an 84 Westy and I'm looking at installing aftermarket indash air
> conditioning in it. I currently have none. I want to have cold air blowing
> on the driver and passenger not to worried about the temperature in the
> back
> of the van.
>
> I've been looking at complete new systems from both of the companies below
> and prices are ranging from $1000 to $1500 for all of the parts without
> labor to install. I'm planning on installing it all myself and then having
> the initial charge and inspection performed by a very reputable A/C repair
> shop in Sacramento.
>
> http://www.europeancoolerair.com/
> http://www.vintageair.com/index.asp
>
> Another option I have considered is scavenging a used Behr system and
> installing it myself. After refurbishing everything on the Behr unit I'll
> probably be up to $1000 and still have some used parts that may fail in
> the
> future.
>
> I know this seams like an ambitious project and many people say why not
> just
> sell the van and buy one with air conditioning. Here is why. I bought my
> van
> about 8 years ago, I've replaced or rebuilt every mechanical part on the
> van
> and things have been working flawlessly over the last three years. If I
> got
> a different van I would have to start this process all over again.
>
> So here is my question. Has anyone on the list done this before? How was
> the
> experience? Any pitfalls? Would you do it again? Any recommendations?
>
> If I do this I plan to document it well and put together some web pages on
> how it went to help building on the collective Vanagon knowledge.
>
> Happy Travels!
>
> --
> Blake Heinlein
> http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/
>
>
>