Does anyone have any photos that could be posted?  Good description, but
four or five photos equals a lot of words.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: Scarlett Semko <damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: miserable a/c...'84 Westy

> Correct, that would be Kai's van. I live in Orlando, and know them, and
have
> seen the a/c unit. A great idea.
>
> Ron Semko
> Orlando, Florida
>
> karl wrote:
>
> > 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)