AC brackets

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Docmcg

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I have a slant six 1965 A100 pickup. Have been doing a few alterations over time and now woul like to maybe put in an after market AC kit. Vintage Air comes to mind. Problem is, they don’t have all the brackets one needs to mount parts to the engine. Anyone here have any extras they’re willing to part with? Sure would appreciate that. Thanks, Steve.
 
Bouchillon sells a kit, but you better be sittin down.
 
Lol second time I've mentioned this today. I put in several footages in Chevys were Pontiacs and they're 15 to $1,700...
And you still have to make or buy bracket for the compressor....
I put cold master systems in mine for 5 to $600 with twice the BTUs... And I found it quite easy to fabricate up a bracket for the compressor.. That's really the only trick..
 
I bought some AC brackets off a junkyard 80's truck and used some flat steel to modify the brackets to fit a mini Sanden style AC compressor on my 408. Really wasn't difficult.

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Vintage air wanted around $500 for the bracket for a SB mopar. I printed the photograph out and with the use of a few measuring tools, I was able to easily replicate the bracket. Over the years I have made my own where there was not one to copy. Here are some of the tricks I have learned:
-Use all-thread rod in threaded holes you plan to use to mount the bracket. I will install these rods which then "projects" the location of the bolt holes out into space where you can simply push cardboard over them to make a pattern. In reality, I usually will take precise measurements with a caliper and lay it out but for a rough pattern the cardboard trick isn't too bad.
-I'm usually able to find at least 2 holes that are on the same plane (even if I don't plan to use one of them for the bracket), and this is how I establish a parallel plane to the drive pulley for the compressor, alternator, whatever..
-Once the component is bolted up to the bracket, spacers must be fabricated to hold the component in the proper location. Determine this with either a straight edge or a line laser on a tripod. Heavy wall conduit works great for spacers and can be cut with a tubing cutter if you take your time and don't rush the cutter.
-https://www.cvfracing.com has a huge selection of Mopar pulleys. They will not send or publish their dimensions, but I called them with the dimensions of my original drive pulley and told them I needed one like that PLUS an additional groove outside of it and they were happy to tell me the part number. Very reasonable price for what I purchased but then I didn't do the full dress kit.
-For a tensioner, you can purchase turnbuckles and pivot the compressor or use idler pulley assemblies. I couldn't find the one I recently bought to link it but summit has tons of them. I only spent around $40 for mine however I had to have the base machined parallel to the pulley as mine had a wobble as you swept it to tension the belt.
-For belts, a trick I do is wrap masking tape around the outside of the pulleys and mark where the tape starts and ends. I remove it and straighten it out and measure the circumference of it in the smallest and largest position. Then go online and research belt codes and create your own based on the length and width of the belt. There are several companies that sell good quality belts at VERY reasonable prices. It is extremely satisfying to punch in your part number and have it actually come up as a real product. I'll be honest, I screwed up last time but my 2 online goodyear belts were cheaper than one off-brand belt from my local parts store.
 
I bought some AC brackets off a junkyard 80's truck and used some flat steel to modify the brackets to fit a mini Sanden style AC compressor on my 408. Really wasn't difficult.

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On my 410 I put it in the power steering spot ..
Actually use these $46 generic brackets to start with and then adapted those to a power steering bracket down low and a alternator bracket up high...
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Now on my latest 408 build for my power wagon I welded together to lower alternator brackets to make it longer and put on a one-wire Chevy alternator to keep things simple and cheap... But then I used I believe two alternator brackets and maybe another homemade piece of bracket I made out of flat iron and put the AC compressor in the traditional spot.
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Nothing I wasn't able to handle with my $89 harbor freight welder and a rattle can of paint... oh yeah and my $15 4 and 1/2-in grinder with a cutoff wheel and a flap disc sander..
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j par, That is excellent work. The "low mount" setup, in your first pic, would be an ideal way of mounting on a slant six, without PS. And you would have the option of lining up the compressor, with either the OEM A/C pulley, or the OEM PS pulley.
 
j par, That is excellent work. The "low mount" setup, in your first pic, would be an ideal way of mounting on a slant six, without PS. And you would have the option of lining up the compressor, with either the OEM A/C pulley, or the OEM PS pulley.
Yes also on that first compressor bracket I made for the duster where I clamp them together I actually bolted them together and drilled holes to them the very first time I remocked it up.. A guy could actually just bolt everything together without welding... I kind of trimmed off all the excess and then ground it and smoothed it and painted it...
 
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