AC installation update 4/12/2024

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All buttoned up after the removal of the stereo, ashtray assembly, heater controls and glove box.

I probably wouldn’t have had to remove all this, but I had some electrical sketchies that I wanted to deal with while I was in there anyway.

The Classic Auto Air instructions said to remove the glove box liner, and I had seen where some said a new smaller liner comes in the kit, but it was pretty cheesy.
My kit didn’t come with one, so some measuring showed I could just trim out the lower left corner and the original liner would fit.
Glad to see that, and it gave me a place to put the control unit so it’s accessible just in case.
I can pack some foam in there to better close up the opening so any small things don’t get lost.

CAA didn’t have any control panels I liked, and I didn’t like the slide controls anyway, so I ordered the knobs only and made a mounting panel of carbon fiber to match the dash cover and gauge pod.

I’ll be doing a video of the install, with my pros and cons of the entire system before long.

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You know what works excellent for closing up the hole in the back of your plastic glove box liner?
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No joke. A layer of this on the inside, and a layer on the outside and you'll never have to worry about it again.
On my '66, I had a one-year only molded cardboard liner that was disintegrating, and for which there are NO reproductions. I pieced it together as best I could, then sprayed it inside and out with Flex Seal, which has made it nearly indestructible for years now.
Now that I've added AC and had to trim the glovebox, I just covered the hole with the tape. Looks like it will last for many more years.
Side benefit: The rubberized coating keeps stuff in your glovebox from rattling around too much and driving you crazy...
 
Professor Fate said:
You know what works excellent for closing up the hole in the back of your plastic glove box liner?
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No joke. A layer of this on the inside, and a layer on the outside and you'll never have to worry about it again.
On my '66, I had a one-year only molded cardboard liner that was disintegrating, and for which there are NO reproductions. I pieced it together as best I could, then sprayed it inside and out with Flex Seal, which has made it nearly indestructible for years now.
Now that I've added AC and had to trim the glovebox, I just covered the hole with the tape. Looks like it will last for many more years.
Side benefit: The rubberized coating keeps stuff in your glovebox from rattling around too much and driving you crazy...
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I totally agree, as I was thinking Gorilla tape, but I don’t have any at the moment.
I do know I’m not pulling it back out again. :)
 
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