You have a number of options -
1) there used to be a company that sold a kit - can't recall who it was - and I'm thinking back to the 80's - so that option may not work for you.
2) leave the compressor guts in place (ugly but functional)
3) remove compressor and mounts - roll your own replacement from fairly heavy steel
4) find a non-airconditioned MK1 rabbit, pickup or scirocco and snag the whole assembly off of it - transfer it to your car - if my memory is working correctly on non AC cars the alternator mounted highter - sort of where the AC compressor is in your car - which is kinda nice 'cause it gets the alternator out of the "spash zone" -
#4 is the easiest, #2 is the cheapest, #3 might be the most satisfying - especially if you can cut and weld fairly heavy steel -
Best of luck!
Steve
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