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| | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40 | Here in Florida folks rust, not tan. I need A/C!!! Who makes a good "best bang for the buck$" system? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,191 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,191 | Check out a Street Rodder Magazine for some adds for A/C. Most that I have seen all look about the same. If you want the chrome compressor and brackets you are getting into some money. check out Southern Air HotRod Air Air-Tique Vintage Air Joe  | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 132 | want my opinion?
air-tique would be my 1st choice,Vintage air would be 2nd, southern air wouldn't even be a consideration.....
yeah, i own a southern air unit.
big POS....
i miss obscene phone calls...
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 154 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 154 | I've been looking myself for my '51 3100 take a look at this site show's installation of an Old Air unit, wire harness, etc. Zeke http://www.alanhorvath.com/54chevy/
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51 Chevy 1/2 ton 5 window,Vortec hotrod, no horse
| | | | | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 | Old Air beats anything I researched ... rather than repeat myself, here's a cut & paste from the other AC thread here:
I just installed the Hurricane AC/Heat/Defrost unit from Old Air in my '54 ... the install was fairly easy, instructions were great, and the unit works like a Hurricane! 3-speed blower, temp control, defrost and/or heat control, and a plenum that hugs the line of the bottom of the dash perfectly! I am tickled pink. The heater pumps more heat than I ever dreamed of and the AC pumps more cold than I ever thought it would. What more?
The interior unit (I guess that's the evaporator?) sits right behind the 4" firewall hole ... you do NOT see it like you do the original heater, which is just above the passenger's feet. You definitely loose some of the glove box, but nothing worth crying over. I'm gonna buy a new glove box (they're only $11) and do some measuring for different depths, left to right, and customize it to fit so I'll get as much space in there as possible -- the right side of the glove box is where I've lost the most ... it might only go 3-4 inches deep there, whereas, on the left side I may have only lost 3-4 inches in depth.
You can see my install at the link below my sig ... If you want specific pictures, let me know and I'll do it for ya.
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