Dang fellas take it easy, I didn't ask who you voted for, that would be off topic. Sorta figured under dash or under seat AC was no different to mech or electric oil pressure gauge. As in had any one used them and did they work or not, guess I was wrong. Thanks to all of you for your time and replies, lots of good information as always.
Parked for three months due to heat, or out driving with A/C, traditional is great till you are stuck in the house all summer. I went for 18 years without A/C, now that I have it, I should have installed it when I built the truck, it would have a lot more miles on now.
I am in the middle of installing AC in my Falcon. The only reason that I am not putting it on my mid-engine blown Hemi Model A is that I cannot seem to find a good place to cram the compressor in. Almost every single one of my customers has AC. I have a 1940 Chevy pickup coming in next. Inland here it gets over 100º daily. Everyone has AC. You are en***led to your opinion. Nobody is obligated to agree with you.
If we can talk about a/c why can't we talk about mustang 2 , air ride, efi? Another thing is a new person asked about newer car brakes on his old car and thread got closed. I'm for a/c. Just wandering why we can talk about it and not other things.
Board rules. The board owner, via the moderators, has decided what stays and what goes. He has made it very clear that this is the case, what is allows, and what is not, and where we can go if we don't like it.
I've been here long enough to know who gets by with what. The rules get stretched for certain people. My rant on this is over. Continue on with topic. At least it's car related .
Moderators don't even look at who posted so your "rules get stretched for some people " is not valid. We look at editorial content and evaluate what gets reported by other HAMB members. Air conditioning came out many years before 1965 ( HAMB cut off year) Mustang II, Bags as we know them today and "E" EFI all came out after that and is much newer. As to the post of the guy who wanted do a brake change on his 53 - most of the posts on that was pictures and discussion on newer (70's -80's) vehicle donors. so that's why it was closed. Moderators make decisions based on editorial content. We're not going to make everyone happy but feel free to reach out to Ryan to discuss further. His website - if he wants to change anything. Thanks
Don't want to keep picking at this scab, but oh well...Didn't think ac location was off topic as I said earlier just asking questions of people who all build or work on their own cars. No better information available. The reason I asked in the first place was I do not want vents in my dash. My 40 pu has a 56 ford column in it for the traditional look of a three speed, clutch pedal is also in place and the truck has a T 400 trans. This is my daily driver and its hot here in So Cal. Thanks again for the different opinions, now lets all get back out into the shop.
Knew a guy who put the unit behind the rear seat in his Studebaker. Piped the air threw his console. Kept the car cool.
With my '32 Ford truck space was the biggest problem, I had a small heat and air unit so why not use both, like you I didn't want vents in the dash and didn't have room for the unit,hoses,vent hoses and such, that's why everything went under the seat. HRP
A step further, I didn't want to put vents in the dash of my old Deuce sedan, but under the seat wan't a option, I also wanted to keep the cowl vent and be able to use it. I did my best to have my cake and eat it too, fabricating sheet metal panels under the edge of the dash, covering them in black vinyl and using black vents that can be closed when not in use, the panel also helps hid the bottom of the heat & air unit and that helps hide everything in plain sight. HRP
41 Ford PU I am currently building, Vintage AC mini heat/cool/defrost mounted high under the dash. Mercury under-dash AC unit that I repurposed using only the grilles (I built a shallow box to mount it and connect the AC hoses, now it only used as vents. I fabricated a switch panel welded below it to hold the AC/defrost/heat controls to add to the illusion that it is a bolt on aftermarket item. Still retains cowl vent though I had to add an electric motor to open and close it (switch hidden behind hinged center panel.
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