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 beetlecab
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| posted on May 24th, 2015 at 08:18 PM |
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Air Cond with a beetle
Does any one have any information good or bad on air cond dealer fit on a late model imported beetle? LHD around 1973-74 I am thinking of importing
one. non fuel injected. Plus the semi auto which is a must to me.
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| posted on May 24th, 2015 at 08:39 PM |
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The air cond units I have seen in L bugs are fair at best
The unit that lives in the front is HUGE and compressors are very power sapping
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on May 24th, 2015 at 09:02 PM |
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Thanks... Yeh the compressor looks pretty big! i suppose you have to remember we are talking mid 70's. It would be a bit of a hit to turn it on when
its 40 deg!
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| posted on May 25th, 2015 at 05:48 AM |
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Those same compressors were fitted to Ford Fairlanes,and LTD's of the same era,and as a refrigeration mechanic,I came across quite a few running
small walk-in cold rooms.Turn it on,on a hot day,and it would be on a par with hitching up a twenty five foot caravan to the back of the Bug!Might be
an idea to find out what refrigerant it is running on,as the refrigerant it was designed for (R12) was phased out decades ago,and its replacement
(R134A) runs higher discharge pressures,putting more of a load on the engine.
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| posted on May 25th, 2015 at 04:46 PM |
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Surely you could adapt a small current tech compressor out of a very small import like a Nissan Micra or similar. Would expect they are far more
efficient, but I am no aircon expert at all
Cheers
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| posted on May 27th, 2015 at 11:59 AM |
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There are kits available from US suppliers to fit A/C to Beetles. They would seem t be more efficient than the original type, but I've no personal
experience with them.
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| posted on May 27th, 2015 at 12:56 PM |
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try talking to joel, he fitted a couple of them.
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| posted on May 27th, 2015 at 07:29 PM |
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Just the one in mine, but if you only want it for display purposes go for it but if you want it to actually function don;t bother and buy one of the
new kits.
Gilmore do both LHD and RHD systems for both flat and curved screen.
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