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Bill Connelly
Guest
"I'm melting!...melting!...OOOOH! What a world!...What a world!" --Wicked
Witch of the West
OK...So last night's downpour seems to have broken the back of this latest
heatwave afflicting the eastern half of the USA, and otherwise the weather's
actually been pretty kind this year. But memories of rolling up in my Amphi
at Celina 2000 or at Billy & Randy's Festival (see
http://www.amphicar.com/calendar.htm ) that same year feeling like a big
stick of beef jerky in shorts and a T-shirt are still pretty fresh in my
mind. All this and the fact that my "daily driver" and possibly next year's
Celina tow vehicle is a 1976 Dodge Van with no A/C have recently led me to
pursue the topic of some form of aftermarket air conditioning.
Initial inquiries at a couple of regular automotive garages concerning the
installation of A/C in the van revealed that nobody I talked to was exactly
eager to do it and were vague to say the least about what it might cost.
Further investigations with a "specialty" aftermarket air conditioning
vendor, Vintage Air (http://www.vintageair.com/), that was recommended some
time ago on this List resulted in a quote of "about $800 for the parts and
$1,500-$2,000 for labor". Needless to say, this seems a bit much to put
into a van I only paid $300 for, and it doesn't do anything about tempering
torrid temps in the Amphi.
Which brings me to another possible option I stumbled across: Has anyone
tried any of the 12 volt space coolers known as Swampy, Icester & IceMystr
that plug into one's cigarette lighter as found at
http://www.swampy.net/hprices.html , or anything similar? Any other
recommendations?
What say ye?
~Bilgemaster~
Witch of the West
OK...So last night's downpour seems to have broken the back of this latest
heatwave afflicting the eastern half of the USA, and otherwise the weather's
actually been pretty kind this year. But memories of rolling up in my Amphi
at Celina 2000 or at Billy & Randy's Festival (see
http://www.amphicar.com/calendar.htm ) that same year feeling like a big
stick of beef jerky in shorts and a T-shirt are still pretty fresh in my
mind. All this and the fact that my "daily driver" and possibly next year's
Celina tow vehicle is a 1976 Dodge Van with no A/C have recently led me to
pursue the topic of some form of aftermarket air conditioning.
Initial inquiries at a couple of regular automotive garages concerning the
installation of A/C in the van revealed that nobody I talked to was exactly
eager to do it and were vague to say the least about what it might cost.
Further investigations with a "specialty" aftermarket air conditioning
vendor, Vintage Air (http://www.vintageair.com/), that was recommended some
time ago on this List resulted in a quote of "about $800 for the parts and
$1,500-$2,000 for labor". Needless to say, this seems a bit much to put
into a van I only paid $300 for, and it doesn't do anything about tempering
torrid temps in the Amphi.
Which brings me to another possible option I stumbled across: Has anyone
tried any of the 12 volt space coolers known as Swampy, Icester & IceMystr
that plug into one's cigarette lighter as found at
http://www.swampy.net/hprices.html , or anything similar? Any other
recommendations?
What say ye?
~Bilgemaster~