Re: [Chrysler300] 1957 Air conditioning

[John <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken -

If you come up with one of the aftermarket brackets, they do not require the head to be drilled & tapped as per the factory brackets.  The minor downside is that there is a mounting plate that bolts to the front of the engine that is a little ungainly - but contemporary to the car. It shares a few existing bolts that are already on the engine.  If you remind me, I'll try to send you a picture of it (it's on a shelf in my garage waiting to be put on)

John




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From: Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: John <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, October 29, 2009 8:55:14 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

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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@zeegroup. com 
> <mailto:kboonstra% 40zeegroup. com>>
> To: BARJAM300@aol. com <mailto:BARJAM300% 40aol.com> ; Intl 300 
> <Chrysler300@ yahoogroups. com <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
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
> 

   


      

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