Fw: [Chrysler300] 1957 Air conditioning

["Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Keith Boonstra" <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1957 Air conditioning


> Any one have some photos of these "cobble craft" '57 air duct abortions 
> VS: the production versions for '58 VS the '59's??
>
> Were there ever any service bulletins pertaining to these mods??
>
> Sounds like somethingbthat should be logged into the club web site in the 
> tech department for all to see and contemplate!!
>
> Dave Schwandt
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Boonstra" <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "John" <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1957 Air conditioning
>
>
>> That sounds pretty neat, John.  If I do go with the
>> aftermarket/underdash solution, I would really really want to have a
>> vintage look on the interior evaporator unit, as well as under the hood.
>>
>> Another question - can anybody tell me this?  If I do put in a factory
>> compressor and I have to drill/tap the head for the bracket, what is the
>> size and depth of those holes and just how thick are the bosses there?
>> I really wouldn't like to create a new coolant drain.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Keith Boonstra
>>
>> -
>>
>> John wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's yet another twist on an A/C installation - Classic Auto Air
>>> said they'd rebuild a 50-year-old add-on A/C system for me.
>>>
>>> I have picked up a couple underdash units, and bought a parts car that
>>> had an aftermarket air conditioning bracket and compressor. The
>>> condensor, dryer and hoses I will buy new.
>>>
>>> So I could go with the big old power-sucking beast of a 50-yr-old a/c
>>> compressor underhood to keep everything contemporary, or choose to
>>> have a modern, lighter, more efficient Sanden compressor on the same
>>> bracket with an adaptor.  I already have the add-on crank pulley from
>>> an early Hemi - which MAY (not 100% certain here) the same one that
>>> was used on aftermarket A/C applications on 413s & 440s. (Please
>>> correct me if I'm wrong on this point!)
>>>
>>> Either way, in the car I'll have a cool old chromey unit with large
>>> round vents under the dash.
>>>
>>> John Spiers
>>> Still 90F in Florida
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:kboonstra%40zeegroup.com>>
>>> To: BARJAM300@xxxxxxx <mailto:BARJAM300%40aol.com>; Intl 300
>>> <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>>
>>> Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 6:07:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1957 Air conditioning
>>>
>>>
>>> The congregation is polled. What a ton of great info and advice from all
>>> of you. I'm still not fully decided on which way to go, but I won't be
>>> doing it blindly now.
>>>
>>> Jim Bartuska's '59 setup sounds like it may be the smart thing to go
>>> with if I decide to go factory. I realize I'd have to have my
>>> passenger head drilled and tapped. (and maybe I should have my own head
>>> drilled and tapped for even considering this); but if that were the
>>> greatest obstacle, I'm not deterred yet. Even though I don't have an
>>> original A/C car, I went out and checked it for the holes anyway (yes,
>>> both heads). There's a pretty long story between the lines here, but,
>>> in short, I blew up the original engine pretty badly 20 minutes after I
>>> first bought the car in September of 1962. So a junkyard 300 engine was
>>> put in to replace that one, and I now hoped that it may have come from
>>> an A/C car - but, alas, it was not to be.
>>>
>>> The aftermarket setup still has a lot of appeal for installation cost
>>> and ease. It just will look like the add-on equipment that it is; and
>>> I love to lift the hood and be able to say "Yep, this is a factory-built
>>> hot rod and this is how it actually came out of the showroom".
>>>
>>> I'm still thinking ------------ --------- --
>>>
>>> Thanks again to all,
>>> Keith Boonstra
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> BARJAM300@aol. com wrote:
>>> > Keith,
>>> > Based on Burt's email maybe I can help you out. I have most of a '59
>>> > New Yorker A/C system I took out of a parts car in 1971. If you are
>>> > interested, I'll check out what I have upstairs in the barn.
>>> >
>>> > Jim Bartuska
>>> >
>>> > In a message dated 10/27/2009 1:38:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> > kboonstra@zeegroup. com writes:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > OK Folks, our '57 300C has sat in the barn way too much in the
>>> > summers just because I'm too spoiled rotten to ride around without
>>> > A/C anymore in a car that doesn't have a flip top. And besides
>>> > that, it needed a few improvements that are long overdue.
>>> >
>>> > After owning it now (for the second time) for 26 years, I'm
>>> > finally taking care of a lot of the things I should have been
>>> > doing right along. I'm putting in seat belts, re-installing
>>> > correct carbs, finally putting on that right side mirror, fixing
>>> > up the armrests, and maybe I'll throw a set of WW radials on it so
>>> > it can safely hit the road.
>>> >
>>> > So now I would also like to install a complete original A/C
>>> > system, and I don't know where to start. Who out there might have
>>> > everything I'm going to need to accomplish this (both the parts
>>> > and the knowledge)? I know this won't be cheap, but in my view it
>>> > will add that much long term value to the car. And it will add
>>> > immensely to our pleasure in heading halfway across the country
>>> > for a meet.
>>> >
>>> > Who's got parts or ideas for a starting point? Your thoughts?
>>> >
>>> > Many thanks,
>>> > Keith Boonstra
>>> > Holland, Michigan
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>
>>>
>>
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