Re: Prewar AC info

Posted by HH56 On 2017/9/13 8:48:19

It does appear to be in the same place as the Clipper and maybe the same compressor. The V8 engine makes a bit of difference sideways but that is relatively unimportant.

I never realized the compressor was so tall and wonder if that could be why Packard moved the compressor from the right on conventional; bodies to the left side of engine on Clippers. Perhaps the Clipper hood is enough lower that the compressor needed to tuck down in the area where the oil filter used to be. Moving the oil filter on 356 engines would be needed but the question still remains if the EC was available on AC equipped cars. With the filter relocated it doesn't look to me like there would be enough space to mount the EC control valve. Don't know if the horizontal type air cleaner was used much prewar but that also looks like it would have been a no go with the relocated oil filter.