Hey guys have a couple of questions I need your expertise & help!
it's bedtime (winter) for our 69' H/O so I want to remove the vents in the dash (W/OUT REMOVING THE DASH CAN I REMOVE THE AIR VENTS LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER) from the front ? so I can sent the plastic vents out to be chromed?
Last question - what plastic chrome shop do you guys recommend, if removal from the front is possibleThanks for your help in advanceAlsmith787
p.s. please be brutal & direct if I'm wrong doing this or going this way

 

Try Instrument-Specialties.com. They restore the faux chrome stuff from 60's-70's muscle cars

 

I am going to say probably not, as it is attached to the duct behind it.

 

THanks capstone will contact them when & if I get them outKoda much appreciated I was afraid of that but I'm waiting for the old regulars 2 in mind have ripped apart numerous A-body cars so hopefully they'll pick up this challenge question they're - oldsjoe & 442trublu & a few others (some are colorful but they are experts at thisHope they get wind of the questionParting note still looking for a 69 - 70 71 rear speaker 10 ohmThanks

 

I've got a 68-69 dash up in the rafters. I'll try to get at it and take some pictures of how the vents are attached to it.

 

Thanks 2blu442 always can count on you! But you & some of the regulars here have probably tried over the years different approaches is it at all conceivable to remove them in the car from the front - don't see how all I want is to remove the grid get it chromed & reinstall it - Not the Whole Vent just the gridThanks for your expertise & knowledgeable helpalsmith787

 

Thanks guys for your quick response But I wasn't clear (my bad sorry) I don't want to remove the vents I want to remove the Chromed GRIDS I need them rechromed a couple of fellow members have suggestions who to send them to be rechromed BUT it the GRIDS I want to remove from the front sitting in the car - Is that Possible ???
alsmith787

 

I'm certainly no expert here but if you take a flashlight and look inside the vents, you will see small screws that hold the vents in.
I believe the cloth tubes are held on by staples and I don't remember if the center vent is stapled or not. I would use a magnetized nut driver on
the screws as to not lose them. A 69 chassis service manual would be your best friend here though. Good luck.

 

I can tell you the non-A/C vents come out from the front with two small screws.

 

As the other guys said, you can access these from the front. Shine a flashlight and you'll see two little bolts that a 1/4" socket will fit. They are located at the 3:00 and 9:00 O'clock positions. I just checked a 1969 Vista Cruiser with AC and the two end vents are attached this way. This leaves the rest of the duct work attached but will removed the piece with the adjustable fins.

 

 

Thank you very much 2blu442 much appreciated 👍

 

Maybe some additional clarification. There is a molded plastic housing that is rectangular shaped and very thin in section width. You can see it in the above photo. The adjustable vent does NOT attach directly to the dash pad. It sits in this plastic piece. The vent itself can be removed from the front. In theory, this molded plastic piece can be removed from the front as well but here's my experience (sorry, no photos); the dash pads tend to 'relax' over time so the corners in the vent hole aren't as crisp and clean as they were when new. Most of the time, this plastic piece (with sharp corners) is pinching the pad in the corners so, if you do try to remove the plastic from the front, be extremely careful you don't damage the dash pad's vinyl covering. Sounds like all you want to do is remove the vent and not the plastic rectangular housing. Be careful but it's not too difficult a job.

 

Thank you acavanaro I know this isn't going to go easy & looking at it hard looks like it wouldn't take much to crack the actual vent the grill rests inGuess have to work like a neurosurgeon & not a Bull in a China Shop lol

 

Either the Fisher Body Manual or CSM has clear instructions on removing the dash parts - including the adjustable vents. Not sure if you have those but they're a big help in doing this kind of thing so you don't damage or break something trying to figure it out.

 

I do have the fisher manual never got involved more pictures which can be of great help than text - I'll give it another lookThxalsmith787