It Sure can Be!

vdub2c Magazine Dude

245 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 11 Oct 2002, 4:03 pm

#6486

Yeah i was surfing the net looking for mods etc. and stumbled on this website:
http://www.europeancoolerair.com/
They show pics of them installing it into a bug - looks pretty snazzy!
I hate aircon though, give me windows down at 80km/h any day 🙂

Keep buggin.
Yianni.😎

70AutoStik Insano Dub Head

730 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Oct 2002, 9:52 pm

#6542

Hey - move to Hedland and you'll love it. It's currently hitting the forties, and it's not summer yet!

Old Dubber Wolfsburg Wizard

605 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Oct 2002, 5:52 pm

#6951

The aircon article is mine and done to the car on the left about 12 years ago.

[Edited on 14-10-2002 by Old Dubber]

Grahame
visit my club site at www.vwdcqinc.org.au

KruizinKombi Seriously Obsessed Cyber Dubber

3,493 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Oct 2002, 6:22 pm

#6960

Of course it can be done; Mexican NOBs (New 'Old' Beetles) are available with air-conditioning from the factory.

Kruizin Kol

Alita Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 24 Oct 2002, 2:09 am

#8280

Old Dubber wrote:The aircon article is mine and done to the car on the left about 12 years ago.

[Edited on 14-10-2002 by Old Dubber]

Hello,

I'm interested in getting my beetle aircon too. Afterall, I can't do 80km in the traffic jam or city traffic!

How much did it cost and where did you get the parts from.

BTW, why did you use a Holden Comm air con and not the Beetle aircon mentioned?

Was the latter harder to get?

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Nov 2002, 9:43 pm

#8678

I still want to Air Con My 68Auto Bug with 1600sp Engine with doghouse cooler etc. All the pics I have seen have the compressor on the LHS of the Carby... but I have a control valve mounted there...so Having the Compressor on the RHS is a better option for Me... I am thinking of a small light alloy compressor...NOT the Large Heavy type normally used 10-20 years ago. I believe the biggest hurdle is the compressor followed by the evaporator, which can be either mounted under the dash [normal] or maybe behind the dash with vents coming thru the dash, or thru under the dash..:o It won't be a weekend project.... It'll take a lot longer than that,
unless You have lots of pics and drawings with sizes... etc..... even then it'll be a big job..... to Me anyway.... I have thought of having the condenser under the front of the car with one or two electric fans. I have been thinking of using an Air Con system from a 1300cc ford festiva... as it was made for a small capacity engine...
I'm still looking at pics of VW systems and thinking....:o

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Nov 2002, 10:24 pm

#8684

Here is a pic I found [somewhere] of an Air cond Beetle.... probably USA...:thumb

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---