I'm looking for some brainstorming here (and I think this is the right place!:) I have an '85 westy with the A/C blower in the back (like most others), and while the weather up here in the Seattle area doesn't get too hot for too long, travels in the southwest have made me wonder about ducting some of that nice cool air up to the front. My thoughts are to use the duct over the sliding door: block off the vents in the roof that come from the fresh air inlet, and use the added space to pipe air from the ac unit to behind the passengers head, put a vent opening there. (If you look behind the two vents over the sliding door, you'll see some space between the actual roof vent outlets and the added metal for the curtain track) I have also looked at the drivers side, maybe doing something similar there, but have not come up with any really good ideas yet. Any thoughts? The a/c seems to be up to snuff, gets the rear of the van cool, but even with the vents aimed straight at the space between front seats, it just doesn't beat the heat of sun thru the windshield. I've even tried to think of somehow modifying the front section of the roof ac from a non-westy van, but again, no brilliant ideas. Whadda y'all think? steve '85 westy kent, wa |
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