Re: The time has come the walrus said to talk of A/C vendors?

Posted by HH56 On 2011/4/12 16:06:18

Shouldn't be a problem with the shocks. Think the issue would be the cooling in the front seat.

Unless a pair of the plexiglass air horns are found or made, the cool air with that setup practically never reaches the front. Particularly if there are passengers in back because it hits the back of their neck. I know it is supposed to follow the roof line and circulate but it doesn't do it that well. Had a 54 with just the standard package shelf louvers. After a while it did cool the car but if you were hot when getting in, you stayed that way for a while. And then, to keep driver comfortable, the back seat passengers were complaining. Cadillac or Buick used a trunk unit and actually had the plexiglass up the rear window to see thru and then connected to a duct above the headliner to bring the air to front seat area with vents above the door top & front edge.

Believe one of the early AC companies had a survey made that mentioned a very high percentage of the perceived cooling and satisfaction of a system was favorable to those whose air could blow directly on the face and body until the person was comfortable. One of the reasons all mfgs eventually changed to factory front or dash units despite the complexity of some doors and vents. Of course, the aftermarket under dash was cheap compared to trunk units so a big advantage in their pushing those wherever possible.