Karl,

That van was probably an 84-ish Vanagon. My son's 84 has the front mounted
AC unit, it was factory installed. All of the hoses, etc., run up the
pillar between the passenger front door and the slider. I know for a fact
that it is a factory unit as it is described in the owner's manual.

Ric

At 01:37 AM 10/23/99 -0400, karl wrote:
>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? If so, I could
>point some lucky person in the direction to it. Seems like it would be great
>for a Westy! They also had a mid-70's bus with a hightop on it, in fairly
>good shape. Tons of Audi 5000's with engines still in place.....this
>particular yard is known for it's low prices.
>