Centerline
Well-Known Member
Vintage Air does not offer a "AC kit" for our year Mopars, but that doesn't mean you can't make one work. We are in central Texas and our summers are quite hot so AC is a must, however I'm building a Street Wedge recreation and having a big honking compressor with all the associated AC lines running all over the place is NOT what I want.
So I located a compressor mount that sticks it down where the power steering unit would normally go. That solved one problem. It will also allow me to run the lines out under the battery tray to the condenser and drier. They will then travel through the passengers wheel well into the air box and from there into the car. So no AC lines all over in the engine compartment.
As far as the AC unit is concerned, I purchased a large 4 vent/2 defrost unit and made the mounting brackets to locate the unit where I needed it to be given the AC lines will be entering the interior through the air box.
The heater lines will come in through the stock holes in the firewall and travel above the AC box on the inside of the firewall and then connect on the right side. In most cases running the lines so they are not obtrusive is the hardest part.
It will be a while before I finish the install, at this stage its just mocked up... but I'll post pics of how and where I run the lines when the time comes.
So I located a compressor mount that sticks it down where the power steering unit would normally go. That solved one problem. It will also allow me to run the lines out under the battery tray to the condenser and drier. They will then travel through the passengers wheel well into the air box and from there into the car. So no AC lines all over in the engine compartment.
As far as the AC unit is concerned, I purchased a large 4 vent/2 defrost unit and made the mounting brackets to locate the unit where I needed it to be given the AC lines will be entering the interior through the air box.
The heater lines will come in through the stock holes in the firewall and travel above the AC box on the inside of the firewall and then connect on the right side. In most cases running the lines so they are not obtrusive is the hardest part.
It will be a while before I finish the install, at this stage its just mocked up... but I'll post pics of how and where I run the lines when the time comes.