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A breath of fresh air

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Fresh air is great but on those few days in summer it is even nicer if it is freshly chilled. Better still; in misty Lincolnshire, is the ability to clear your windscreen with dry air thanks to air conditioning. Reserach Some forum diving made it clear that a retro fit is a massive pain in the bum and rarely taken on by individuals. Those that have either pay someone to do it or haven't writen a great deal about the experience. The best forum post I found on the subject was by an Aussy chap called Phil on the T5 forum but this was for a 1.9 so I had to be careful not to get sucked in too  much. It looked like the parts were expensive and that was the easy bit. Wiring isn't straight forward and usually mixed into the loom of the donor vehicle if buying from a scrap yard. Nobody seems to make a retro fit loom either so I was looking at a full loom change or some hardcore loom building. This should be an interesting modification! Shopping I bought the front end a