at the cross roads

hey all, iv got a complete ac/heat set up from hot rod air, someone gave me to go on my flathead, in my sedan.
well, im at that point where i need to make my mind up,
how taboo is it to run ac in your hot rod ?
damn i live in dallas and its 102 days here in the summers, i mean, iv been driven my ol chevy truck all my life with no ac, but this sure is tempting.
what say ye ?

 

its yours and it was free so y not

 

I think if you can hide it go for it. It was free and if it gets you more seat time.

 

Do it bro, do it, at your age you deserve it, not that your old or nothing, . Go for it.

 

Your car.....Your choice! Please do as you please.

 

kinda like ya,lls thinken.

 

grits, you driven your car yet ?
damn thing sure looks good.
you going to dairyette ?

 

I believe that if you're considering it you should do it. When I was in my 20s it wouldn't have ever occurred to me to have AC, heat didn't bother me and I wouldn't have sacrificed the power to run it. Now it wouldn't occur to me to have a car without it.

 

Yup, I'll be there in the daily, just got insurance papers, now I gots to get registered and plates, probly after first of year.
I've been driving 'round the hood for a few day now just to get her ready.

 

hey grits, you should just get it insured and yu can hang this 36 tag i got on the back of it for now, hell they,ll never know the diff. hah

 

Thanks Elwood but I have this flashing neon sign on my for head that flashes "Guilty" "Guilty", you know what they say about Karman,
and my Karma would kick the **** out of my Dogma

 

Do it.

The older you get, the more you'll appreciate not getting cooked in the summer heat.

Hell, you might be able to actually enjoy driving it in the summer.

 

Hell yeah !

 

A/C is coool.
Cant believe noone's done that yet.
Do it and drive it.

 

Alan Grove is producing a tight clearance A/C bracket that will mount the compressor on the lower p*** or driver side of the vehicle (gotta take the mech fuel pump off for the p***enger side as the mount uses those bolts) it buries the compressor in the bowls of the engine compartment if your worried about seeing the compressor....all the lines and driers you can stash outta sight under fenderwells and behind grills etc....I say go for it.

 

So, did you get it?

 

I think you want to put it in your ride but you just want all of us to "Approve" it .
It's you hot sweaty *** in the car or a cool one , your choice !

RetroJim

 

No reason why hot rod drivers should ne enjoy the comfort of A/C, or working suspensions, or seat springs, or turn signals or outside rear view mirrors, or seat belts or a nice pecan strudle and kolaches(real Czech pastries, not "pigs-in-a-blanket").

 

you build what you want, it don't matter what any one else thinks, i like a/c

 

ok, the hell yeas have it.
yes, iv got the unit grits, been having it, matter of a fact, its already set up on my car.
just looks funny ..

 

Everyone missing one important piece of info here! Like u say ---you drive your daily with no air--I do too. ....But your co-driver has a fur coat that does not come off in summer so you better a/c that thing!!

 

ELWOOD...you might be surprised how many rods have A.C. well streetrods. but i say if it's a daily then go for it. but own the other hand i say, man it's your ride so screw what anyone else thinks. actualy it sounds the same...POP.

 

I say go for it, not that you haven't already made up your mind, but I challenge you to try as hide it as much as you can...be inventive.

 

Aw you old dog you, thought you were just thinking about it, tricky asking around to see if any one really cared, haha, all this time it was already installed, for shame, for shame

 

Install the a/c....Enjoy it..Who should care it's your ride..

 

Go for it. I'm putting ac in the 48 this time around because my wife and I spent way too many years roasting our ****s off in that thing on different trips.

I can understand having it discreetly mounted and not having blatant ac outlets sticking out there for the world to see but there is a way around most things if one works at it a bit. Having lived in Texas for several years back years ago I can tell you that you will be willing to drive more often and further if you have the air.

 

All the kool kids are doing it!