I am one of 3 Vintage air units in Vanagon's that I know of. Brent Heinlein
in Calif. did the first and I copied his purchase order and modified it a
bit.
 http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/vanagon-airconditioning
 The 3rd ended up having a shop do his. It is a job and a half to do and
being a mechanic with lots of basic experience, I can't figure that the
normal person could finish it. I have AC equipment, hose crimping tools, etc
and it took all of my backyard savvy to get 'er done...

Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Cunegonde
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 12:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences

I have a small generator, and I also have built an A/C carrier bracket for
the passenger window. This is all fine when parked (and I try not to spend
much time in places where A/C is a daily use item). However, my cooling
(burning?) need is while driving.

I just contacted the Vintage Air people about Vanagon installation. As for
evaporative cooling, any listmembers familiar with swampy.net units, or
recommendation for better?

Cut hole in roof vs. tear apart dash. Hmmm.