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Old Oct 12, 2012 | 02:59 PM
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1965 Cutlass 442 A/C Cover Plate

Does anyone know if somebody makes cover plates to go over the firewall holes that are left when someone removes the A/C from a car? I have two big holes in my firewall (upper left in picture). One has blue plastic, as a temporary cover. I'm trying to avoid cutting sheet metal and covering it that way, but may have no choice.
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Old Oct 12, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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Im in the same boat on my 1969 Cutlass....lemme know if you hear of a vendor selling these, will do the same for you.
Old Oct 12, 2012 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Fummins
Im in the same boat on my 1969 Cutlass....lemme know if you hear of a vendor selling these, will do the same for you.
Will do. Thought about cutting pieces out of my non-A/C parts car, but it smacks of work.
Old Oct 12, 2012 | 09:04 PM
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There is an A/C delete panel for the '68 to '72 "A" body cars.
I don't know of one for the '64/65 "A" body.
Did you add the factory heater box after you took the A/C off ?
My '64 had a hole in the lower left, behind the wheel house and another one on the firewall, just don't remember the ones you have. Maybe '65 is different.

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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 64Rocket
There is an A/C delete panel for the '68 to '72 "A" body cars.
I don't know of one for the '64/65 "A" body.
Did you add the factory heater box after you took the A/C off ?
My '64 had a hole in the lower left, behind the wheel house and another one on the firewall, just don't remember the ones you have. Maybe '65 is different.

Gene
I bought the car this way. Someone had removed the A/C and put a normal type heater box on the firewall. My parts car had all the non-A/C controls, so I just put it all together like that. All the cables hooked up to the new heater box, and I sold whatever A/C stuff I still had. Looks really good (relatively), and functions, inside, but still have the firewall issues. They're totally different. Still got my tinted glass, though, and chrome vents on the inside dash ends. Too bad they don't connect to anything. Also still have a big hole in dash center, which I'm guessing was originally an A/C vent. Too bad someone didn't just leave all the stuff alone !!
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