Re: air conditioning in 1953

Posted by Gary On 2011/8/26 9:58:13

Hello all, new member and soon to be Packard owner here. The car is a '53 Clipper Deluxe 2 door that I've committed to purchase by telephone and will pick up and trailer home tentatively the weekend following Labor Day. We have about 3 months of hot and humid brutal summers here in the North Central Florida peninsula and therefore I am also very interested in adding AC to this superb automobile. The heat didn't bother me as a kid but after living about 3/4ths of my 59 years within close proximity to AC, I admit I'm spoiled and prefer not to drench myself in sweat if I don't have to. If any member owns a '51 thru '54 that has added AC to a non AC'd car, I would certainly be interested in hearing about their experience. Here's a couple of interesting links I ran across concerning the subject of AC in Packards.http://www.popularrestorations.com/Articles/Article420.htmhttp://www.popularrestorations.com/Restorations/Restoration012.htm

The bottom link shows an underhood photo of the Patrician's original compressor and the mounting bracket for the straight 8 application.