Re: Howard's 47 Custom project

Posted by HH56 On 2016/4/5 11:20:36

John, thanks for trying. It would have been nice to see what all was changed to make the compressor fit on the drivers side of the engine but unless Mr. Hollingsworth made something special, the photos you took of the vent already show something different in Clippers.

In the conventional car photos the vent sits directly on the shelf with the adapter piece connecting to the evaporator inside the vent. On the Clippers it appears there is an interim adapter piece or spacer the vent sits on to to raise the outlet above the top of the rear seat back.

I saw that piece in the so called McArthur car but it looked so crude I thought it might have been something that was done by an army mechanic. It appears to be factory only with a much nicer version in the Hollingsworth car.

A fair number of conventional body AC cars are out there but only one or two known Clippers so far. It would be nice to document the differences for posterity or for someone who stumbles across another AC Clipper missing some pieces.