I feel so all alone.

 

I have found a dealer/installer within 30mi. I'm going to his shop and discuss installation and cost. I plan on doing the installation. If anyone is interested,,,,, I'll keep posting. Otherwise this will be a dead issue. Thanks to all that PM'd me.

 

I have the vintage air on my 69. It is labor intensive, but since it’s so much easier to work on the dash of a 70-72 it might not be too bad.

The kit is very complete, the biggest hassle is finding someplace with the proper dies to crimp the hose ends.

 

I installed vintage air in my wife's 72 cutlass convertible. Wasn't too bad. Borrowed a set of crimping dies from my brother in law who has a hotrod shop and is a dealer for vintage air. Vintage air also has an EZ clip system for installation of their system without having to crimp the lines. I used it on my 69 SWB C10. Worked great.

 

I have ordered the Vintage Air. Will keep you posted with pictures of my install.

 

looking forward to seeing the progress. My factory system works partially, its been sitting for 20 years but had been updated to 134.
I was thinking about upgrading the compressor with the aluminum A6 from Original Air. it would save some pounds and work more efficiently.

 

When I bought my '72 ragtop about 6+ years back, the factory a/c worked well, which was a very good thing at the time because I bought the car on a 90* day and had to drive 90 miles home from the seller's location. Admittedly, it was awesome (if not a bit dicey running down the highway on 30+ yo Sears Roadhandler radials).

But a month later after I pulled the drivetrain for a rebuild I decided it was too complicated for my taste - all that room lost under hood to the evap core, the switch cables, vacuum parts and hoses governing operation, etc. Since my car wasn't too rare to modify, I upgraded to the full Vintage Air kit - the all-electronic under-dash control box eliminates the under-hood evap core and the modern compressor way smaller and lighter than the OEM unit.

Sold my oem parts for about $200 or so shortly thereafter and a whole lot happier for it.

 

Well there seems to be another thread about this installation. Lots of U-Tube videos ,,,,, much better than my slow efforts. I'll answer any questions if I can.

 

I went for the Original Air's Stage I for my 79 Calais, and also spent the extra $75 for the black powder coated compressor instead of bare alum, IMHO it looks a bit better

 

Engine in and still plugging along