Please make note that all accessories installed in a car must pass safety tests including accident simulations. For example, Your back seat backrest is specially re-enforced to withstand the luggage weight in your luggage compartment when colliding head-on (to a limit, of course), to avoid having all the stuff "flying over" the passengers heads. Anything added by a DIY dude might not take all safety considerations in mind. In your specific situation, a head-on collision will send your window installed A/C unit (ripping it's inadequate mounts) towards the back of your head, in perfect synchronization with whatever is coming from the front (such as the steering wheel, glass, etc.)!!! A perfect "sandwich" situation...:-) Think it over, pal. People keep forgetting about "worst case" situations, when that's really what should be taken in mind. cheers, T-man. --- Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote: > Somehow it seems suited that I post this on a > Friday... > > Some other blokes and I are rigging my 87 Westy with > a very small 6000BTU > window a/c....on a 15-amp inverter with a separate > battery tied into > charging system, etc etc. so it can run while > mobile, with only <4" > extending out the window. When parked, the unit > slides out on a shelf (the > front of which is on casters rolling across the sink > cover) and is > stabilized externally by an adjustable brace to the > ground, and only <3" are > inside...since the window in question is the one > behind the driver/above the > sink, this will allow the cover to open when parked. > Obviously, while parked > it can run on standard AC power when available. > > The unit weighs just 41 pounds (with the weight > primarily in the front), and > is only 12" high by 16" wide and 14" deep. > Heavy-duty cables as safety > straps and redundant locking mechanisms will be in > place so that it's locked > down tight while traveling. > > Sliding shelf will rest on a reinforced frame > installed over the aluminum > window frame (protecting it) left once the sliding > glass is removed > (stationary half of the window left in place). > > In the winter, unbolt the frame, remove the a/c, and > reinstall the sliding > glass. Turn on the heat. > > > > Once we have it completely drawn up and ready to > begin installation, I'll > take pix recording this absurd effort and set up a > website or something. > > > ~ Name withheld to protect the stupid > (oops it's in my e-mail address...I *am* stupid) > 87 Westy
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