Classic Auto Air Install Experience
Splitting this up into a few posts since I was trying to limit pictures per post. Here are some pictures of the final install on the interior side, at least as much as I could get with everything in the way. I'll see if I can get some of the engine side the next time I have the car out of the garage. It's parked too close at the front to open the hood and get a look.
Here is my solution for the vents. I drilled some holes part way into the flanges and pressed in some neodymium magnets. They don't hold quite as well as I would have liked, but they get the job done and allow for repositioning or removing if I need to get to something behind them, like the fresh air door. Actually, with the PVC pipe routing setup, I can still open the fresh air door about halfway without having to even touch the vent, so that worked out even better than I had hoped.
Not sure these pictures are going to show much or work very well, but here's the box as it's installed in my car as well as a general overall interior shot showing my center vents and the controls. I got a new bezel with the radio loop still intact that I'm planning to modify to look a little nicer and seat the vents like they should be. I also need to rework my control panel. I was originally looking into changing to longer travel potentiometers, but I think the next size up is going to be too long and there's not really anything in the middle. These appear to be ~60mm travel and the 100mm travel, while nearly perfect for the slot opening itself, wouldn't work with some of the alignment posts on the bezel. I also need to make some extensions for the levels so I can put the knobs back on the ends.
Splitting this up into a few posts since I was trying to limit pictures per post. Here are some pictures of the final install on the interior side, at least as much as I could get with everything in the way. I'll see if I can get some of the engine side the next time I have the car out of the garage. It's parked too close at the front to open the hood and get a look.
Here is my solution for the vents. I drilled some holes part way into the flanges and pressed in some neodymium magnets. They don't hold quite as well as I would have liked, but they get the job done and allow for repositioning or removing if I need to get to something behind them, like the fresh air door. Actually, with the PVC pipe routing setup, I can still open the fresh air door about halfway without having to even touch the vent, so that worked out even better than I had hoped.
Not sure these pictures are going to show much or work very well, but here's the box as it's installed in my car as well as a general overall interior shot showing my center vents and the controls. I got a new bezel with the radio loop still intact that I'm planning to modify to look a little nicer and seat the vents like they should be. I also need to rework my control panel. I was originally looking into changing to longer travel potentiometers, but I think the next size up is going to be too long and there's not really anything in the middle. These appear to be ~60mm travel and the 100mm travel, while nearly perfect for the slot opening itself, wouldn't work with some of the alignment posts on the bezel. I also need to make some extensions for the levels so I can put the knobs back on the ends.