I jumped in the ute the other day and not only burnt my arm on the seat vinyl but it was scorching on the inside.
so i have decided to look into some form of airconditioning for it
Does any one know how to do it and what i would need/ parts in particular? is it hard?
any help appreciated - i noticed there was a datsun ute for sale ages ago with it installed.
I have a 1981 Datsun 1200 ute by the way.

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yes this time of the year we need it,

i no its not a 1200, but i was working with a bloke that has a 620 ute 1.5 Aseries motor and addapt a 200B compressor to the motor and hoses to xb falcon underdash unit,..... bloody cold to

You could try one like this.
ebay

You could look into the units the hot rodders use.

The hot rod suppliers have all sorts off cool aftermarket things that are generic fit.

there is also the mark iv etc. air conditioners like this one.
ebay

L series and a series compressors i have for my install are all the same size and mount to the L and a seires brackets the same, but the bracket that mounts to the blocks are different.

The a series bracket i have has a tensioner pulley on it to tighten the belt. L series doesnt for some reason.

so you will need double belt pulley for the front of the crank
under dash unit
mounting brackets
compressor
condensor
dryer (bout the zie of a stuby)
the lines and some wiring for it.

thats the basics but retro fitting it all means drilling through the fire wall too.

I have an dealer option under dash unit and a factory unit integrated with heater and air con from a 79 sunny sedan. (could be made to fit but will chew up heaps of room in the 1200 passenger foot well).

I have dummy fitted under dash unt, no probs with the dealer option one, and compressor(fouls on the a15 engine mount brackets on there ... only just though).

can be done but is not as easy as even i envisaged.

i figured it would be a pain to install theres a place down the road from me and i was talking to the guy down there today - he rekons he can get me new unit and have it installed for $300 i was avoiding putting it in the passenger side but it might be the only way to go about it

cheap as do it

$300! That's really good, you sure he knows what you are after?

You'd be pissed if you picked up the car and he attached one of those little blue electric 12v fans!!