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ChiScouter
09-25-2005, 08:28 PM
I guess im getting soft, but this summer I sweated my balls off in the hottest summer in years, and without A/C in the car I would have melted. I have concluded that A/C in the Scout will be almost a necessity.

Years ago I pulled a stand alone heater from a Winnebago motorhome and mounted it up under the dash where the glovebox used to be. With a soft top and hard SSII doors it was ALMOST warm enough to keep the chickies from griping, almost.

I bought a original SSII fiberglass hardtop that will be on there for the winter months along with the hard doors. In the summer with the A/C I will use the hard doors with a custom bikini top, and a custom vinyl rear cab affixed to the roll bar with velcro like the jeepers use. I figure that a more standard sized heater and a/c will cut the mustard with my new plans.



Im going to go through a copy of Street Rodder for mfgrs, and look into a combo unit. Wondering what you guys are using, or may have seen on other Scouts or similar sized rigs?

Munchies
09-25-2005, 08:49 PM
Stock SII hardware filled with r12 is COOOOLLLDD

oh i have some ifn ya NEED it? :shaking:

DJForrestA
09-25-2005, 09:06 PM
I've got a good scout II compressor still on the mounting bracket sitting on my garage floor. I'd trade it for a chevy compressor and bracket.

ihojeff
09-25-2005, 09:17 PM
Vintage Air seems to make the better unit with the combined heater core/evap box. Only other one I know of is Arizona Mobile Air but there's is a underdash unit similiar to stock. I wouldn't waste much time on the stock Scout a/c components.