Vintage Air Conditioning
#42
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.
#43
The kit is very complete, the biggest hassle is finding someplace with the proper dies to crimp the hose ends.
#44
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.
#46
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.
I was thinking about upgrading the compressor with the aluminum A6 from Original Air. it would save some pounds and work more efficiently.
#47
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.
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.
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