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badbelair
Posted 2011-09-02 7:21 PM (#287358)
Subject: Who has ac?



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Does any one have after market ac system or something that works?
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njlimbaugh
Posted 2011-09-04 12:54 PM (#287532 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?


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Take a look at VintageAir; they've been doing A/C for rods for a long time.
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57chizler
Posted 2011-09-04 3:42 PM (#287555 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: RE: Who has ac?



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I have dual Vintage Air units in my '57, top notch quality and they work. I've seen the products of others like Old Air and they too look good.
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Rodger
Posted 2011-09-04 9:49 PM (#287589 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?


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Does a 1964 NewPort ( 2 bbl 361 ) with the OEM Compressor and related parts
with a Under The Dash era after-market unit count ???



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Destr0
Posted 2012-05-18 6:27 PM (#321796 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?


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My 59 New Yorker has a button on the dash for A/C. I haven't tried it yet but I don't think it will actually do anything... kind of afraid to touch the heater controls right now because the Defrost button is in the glove box and I assume it goes in the empty hole in the heater/AC panel.

:-)

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d500neil
Posted 2012-05-18 7:50 PM (#321817 - in reply to #321796)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?



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Kevin, have you looked under your car's hood, to see if there is a belt-driven big-black-cube-thing (compressor) installed
there, and, an extra radiator-looking thing (condenser) which is installed in front of the actual radiator?

If I had a 4-door model, I'd have A/C installed in it, for certain.




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Destr0
Posted 2012-05-21 5:34 PM (#322242 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?


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No there is no longer a condenser or compressor under the hood, however I do have an empty bracket for where the compressor once lived. :-)

PO had a complete engine rebuild including .030 over and new pistons, I assume they took all the AC components off at that time.



Edited by Destr0 2012-05-21 6:09 PM
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lozrox58
Posted 2012-06-03 3:29 AM (#324138 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?



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I'm installing a Vintage Air unit in my 59. Considering it's such a big car there isn't much room under the dash.
I found that space was too tight to fit the flexible ducting, so I have made up hard ducting using PVC, fibreglass and aluminium.

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Christine'sRevenge
Posted 2012-06-04 11:11 PM (#324389 - in reply to #287358)
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Thats really a great idea to use PVC. I like that, great idea.
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Kinnectz941
Posted 2013-01-10 1:19 PM (#354675 - in reply to #287358)
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VintageAir I would have to say would be your best bet. Love the photo's keep them coming and keeps us updated.
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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2013-03-01 1:18 PM (#362541 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?


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Not me but I wish I did in my 1961 fury. I hope someday to find an underdash unit . If I do I know I will need to move my CD player in the glovbox
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Jessica
Posted 2013-03-01 1:40 PM (#362547 - in reply to #287358)
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Our '55 has factory dual AC.
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FIN ME
Posted 2013-06-06 6:31 PM (#379454 - in reply to #362541)
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1961plymouthfury - 2013-03-01 1:18 PM
Not me but I wish I did in my 1961 fury. I hope someday to find an underdash unit . If I do I know I will need to move my CD player in the glovbox


Vintage Air makes a great reproduction, early 1960's-look under dash unit called the "Mark IV" - might be a good option?

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jimntempe
Posted 2013-06-06 7:30 PM (#379464 - in reply to #287358)
Subject: Re: Who has ac?



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The problem I found with all the "classic car" ac places was that none of them have kits with the right pulley's and the compressor mounts for the older mopar engines. That's the hard part. Once the compressor is mounted and the belts are all in order the rest is straightforward generic add on.
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rbmain
Posted 2013-06-06 11:02 PM (#379504 - in reply to #287358)
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how many would you sell? 1? 2? of each combination? and not to any big spenders.
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jimntempe
Posted 2013-06-07 3:19 AM (#379548 - in reply to #287358)
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I guess I made it sound like I was blaming them but I didn't mean it that way. I agree with you that it would definitely be a low volume item. I found a couple of them that appeared to have the right pulley's and stuff based on their ads but when I called them and they checked it turned out they didn't actually have the stuff. Most likely they did carry it some time in the distant past. Of all the places I called the only one that offered any solution was http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/ . The put together a list of all of the stuff it would take to completely replace all the pulleys plus my PS pump so that I could mount a compressor with their mount. That added up to a fair amount of money. I did by the mount from them and after a lot of searching and false starts finally figured out what used parts from junk yards and/or ebay would work.
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