Re: Another AC idea.

Posted by HH56 On 2012/6/4 8:55:06

For a trunk system, those Cadillac systems were fairly well thought out. I believe other GM cars as well as possibly Lincoln also had some version of ducts overhead.

Kind of makes you wonder why Packard, being at the forefront of auto AC and even buying the same GM unit, did just the bare essentials. In 53, their answer was just a flat louver with non adjustable forward facing slots on the package shelf. Instead of a cold dome, rear seat passengers had a cold neck. Apparently sometime during production - although not documented in parts book - they also offered the short clear plastic tube that afermarket units used. That got the cold air to the top of rear window but front seat passengers still had to wait until the entire car cooled down.