That would be Kai and Valeria's van. I forget their last name, Darrell
Boehler probably know how to get in touch with them.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: Budd Premack <bpremack@WAVETECH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 2:34 AM
Subject: Re: miserable a/c...'84 Westy

> There was a Westy (from Florida) at BBTA this past Labor Day with standard
> Westy a/c which had been modified so that the a/c ducting from a late
model
> (86-91) non-Westy had been grafted onto it.  The Westy rear a/c housing
had
> a custom piece of duct (triangular, tapering towards the front) that
> collected all of the air and was fitted to the standard non-Westy center
> duct piece.
>
> This center piece of ducting was removable so that it would not interfere
> with the use of the opened poptop.  With the top down, the center duct
> connected to the standard non-Westy front duct pieces, which run forward
> between the front seats and then split and run along the ceiling next to
the
> windshield.  All of the standard vents that occur in the non-Westy ducts
are
> completely functional, which means that front seats, middle, and rear seat
> areas all have fully adustable venting.  With the top down, it was hard to
> distinguish this set-up from the standard non-Westy version.
>
> It was a wonderful piece of re-engineering.  The only difficult part was
the
> custom crafted rear triangular section.  As I recall, the center section
was
> held in place by a sliding bolt secured to the rear custom ductwork, and
> there must have been a little custom work on the rubber molding at the
> joint.  The center section, when removed for camping, stored neatly on the
> top of the dash.
>
> It seemed to me that the connections between the removable center section
> and the adjacent duct pieces could be done in many similar ways, depending
> upon available hardware and the creativity of the installer.  Obviously,
> standard Vanagon ducts would need to be obtained, but salvage yards and
this
> List are sources for needed parts.
>
> Will the creator of this modification please step forward and claim
credit?
> Alternately, does anyone else remember his name and/or e-mail?
>
>
> Budd Premack
> 86 Syncro, 73 Super
> Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky Blue Waters)