Re: 1955-56 Factory Air Conditioning

Posted by HH56 On 2011/7/4 13:19:28

I totally agree, that AC blower is a PIA where they put it. I had thought about removing it but that meant covering the firewall hole which would have looked terrible so decided to live with it. Originally was going with the NAP unit essentially as is-- just remove it's blower and make a duct over & then make a heater setup. I made a fiberglass duct but after sizing the NAP unit more carefully, I would have had to sacrifice too much glove box. Going anywhere else or with anything else underdash (Classic or Vintage) would have meant sacrificing heater as well for the space. That would mean getting a dual aftermarket unit for Heat/AC which I didn't want to do. Choices were back to make my own to fit with modern stuff.

On the bracket question in the other thread, I had intended to use a spare factory casting but fit a universal Sanden mount to it. AL brought up an interesting scenario in his thread and would like to hear more about what the finds out from his welder.