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BigKev wrote:
Post-War A/C had the lines running down the outboard side of the passenger frame rail I believe. This kept the lines away from the exhaust pipe and muffler.
You're right on the postwar cars. For the most part, I was planning to do it that way using the outer passenger side except for the bit that looked to be close to exhaust. When the drawing of the 42 Clipper was posted, plans changed.
Have even revisited the earlier route using the drivers side frame. Will still use the drivers side but there is a nice clear path using the body cross braces for the support points instead of the frame. Maybe that is what Packard did. At any rate the new route on the body is shorter so saves buying some lengths of tubing.
I think the compressor re-mounting on drivers side may also be figured out. In one of my more lucid moments when fabricating the initial passenger side I had actually made some things symmetrical. By flipping those over and adding a vertical piece, the comp can get above the horizontal tube and then out to still use the same belt. A second added piece down to the filter bolts should secure things. More on that change later -- if it works.
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