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I have seen a few, in junk yards. I pulled my unit (not currently installed) from a junker. There were a couple versions of A/C. I'm sure Russ can chime in and tell us more. I'm a little sketchy about the proper naming of components but there's a radiator located at the front of the car (the condenser?). It's either one big unit that sits in front of the front beam or it's two smaller units, one each located in the front fender, behind the headlight (lots of space in that area). There's also the additional pulley that gets bolted along with the stock pulley fan. This extra pulley, of course, is what drives the A/C compressor. Then there's the underdash component itself. If you scrap the car, I would recommend keeping the pulley, radiator(s) and associated mounts, and under dash unit. These can be used with modern equipment, along with a modern compressor -- which will need its own custom engine mount so the OG isn't really needed. You're looking at least a thousand dollars and more to get it professionally set up and operational which is what has held me up. A modern, efficient compressor uses only 2-3hp to operate so it's not as taxing on the engine as the originals. If you're getting rid of the parts I'd be interested in taking them. Toby Erkson -- Portland, Oregon -- http://www.icbm.org/ '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2007cc, rag top '95 VW Jetta 2.0L, CHE tranny w/Peloquin LSD, 270¼, TT Chip, SCCA Solo 2 EP#3 '73 Porsche 914 2.0L WIP; '81 Honda Gold Wing, 1100cc, stripped ----- Original Message ----- > When is the last time you have seen an OG AC in a T3? Ever? They are indeed > a rare one. As well as one of the hardest things I would think to restore, > especialy from a field rotter. I would think at this point take the > components off and pass it on to others that have better chances with > theirs. > > >I have found a 71 sb out in a pasture with the a/c intact. The exterior > > of the car has fallen victim to cows that needed a scratching post and a > > limb from an oak tree. I think every body panel is dented. the interior > > has the normal water damage from years of setting out. I was wondering > > if any of you have experience with these a/c units. Is it worth > > bothering with? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~