In a message dated 10/23/99 1:41:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM writes:

<< Today, while sifting through the local yard, I came upon a watercooled
 Vanagon with just a front-ceiling mounted AC unit. Not the normal
 full-length unit most commonly seen. Is this a rare item?  >>

Nothing rare about it. if you wanted an A/C on your '80-''85 passenger van,
this is what you got from the vw dealer.
the full length unit was only started in '86.
fwiw, it wont work on a westy.
chris
'84 passenger sunroof vanagon w/ front ceiling a/c unit
'83 passenger vanagon w/ front ceiling a/c unit