A/C kits?

['74 Sport]

What complete A/C kits are available? Who has installed one, and what do you think about it? What did you do to eliminate the fresh air opening in the floor of the cowl?

 

[Moparsky]

Was your car built as factory A/C or non A/C?

You can check with;
Classic Auto Air www.classicautpair.com

or Hot Rod Air: www.hotrodair.com

or Vintage Air: www.vintageair.com

All those companys build universal fit evaporators. Classic has a "Perfect Fit" series that are designed to look like OEM's. They use your stock firewall heater hose holes to run the A/C lines thru, then you'll need to cut two more holes for the heater lines. Others will surely post that have usued these systems.

John

 

['74 Sport]

Originally an A/C car. Want to ditch the under-dash box and possibly close off the fresh air hole in the cowl (leaking).

 

[dave273dart]

I installed a a/c system from classic Auto Air. Works great. My system was from the firewall (engine well) out. The do have complete systems from under the dash out. When I got my 67 Dart the compressor was destroyed inside. I went with a kit I bought for my A body. It is much more efficient then the
older compressor and hoses. I kept my liquid hose and made a little bend in it to fit the new system.
Dave

 

[BWDart]

I pulled all the fresh air pieces out and capped the holes with sheet metal and silicon, no air and NO WATER, and when I start the body work the outside cowl, "also known as the interior water supply" will be closed off as well.

 

[blue missile]

BW,
if you,weld in new sheet metal in place of the leaf input grill, beware of oil canning, I just played hell with that mod.
Andrew

 

[dustr73]

I am wanting to weld up mine also. So what is oil canning?

 

[blue missile]

oil canning is when stress causes the metal to pucker like the top of a canning lid. I tried two times to weld a new panel in and had to use a thicker metal (16Ga) the third and final time.
Andrew

 

[rjsjea]

Mine was done with a Tig welder.....easier to control the heat. I didn't attempt mine myself as I would have made a mess of it. Helps to know a pro in my case.

I cut out all the extra metal under the dash, probably 20lbs of it. Mounted a Vintage air unit to a cage bar. This is an older pic, things have changed under here, but the air unit is the same