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tucsonjwt · 06-17-2011, 07:56 PM

If you plan on keeping your truck for many years I think Vintage Air's new setup would be preferable, assuming that it is all electric (no vacuum and cables as they say). I have had two squares with factory A/Cs and even though they do put out a lot of cold air and work OK, I was never happy with the performance or quality of the controls. If you read all of the posts about various A/C control problems on this forum you will know that these problems are not uncommon. The number of valves/actuators/cables, switches, etc. on the stock A/C setup is very antiquated, and I don't think you can even buy a whole new A/C heater control assembly any more. I have replaced most of those do-dads over the years.
If the Vintage A/C electronic setup is around $1,000- $1300K for the whole shebang, then I think that would be a reasonable price. Beyond that, I would fight with the stock setup, assuming that you already had all of the parts or could get the stock parts cheaply.

06-17-2011, 07:56 PM	#6
tucsonjwt Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,188	Re: Vintage air in the 73-87 trucks questions If you plan on keeping your truck for many years I think Vintage Air's new setup would be preferable, assuming that it is all electric (no vacuum and cables as they say). I have had two squares with factory A/Cs and even though they do put out a lot of cold air and work OK, I was never happy with the performance or quality of the controls. If you read all of the posts about various A/C control problems on this forum you will know that these problems are not uncommon. The number of valves/actuators/cables, switches, etc. on the stock A/C setup is very antiquated, and I don't think you can even buy a whole new A/C heater control assembly any more. I have replaced most of those do-dads over the years. If the Vintage A/C electronic setup is around $1,000- $1300K for the whole shebang, then I think that would be a reasonable price. Beyond that, I would fight with the stock setup, assuming that you already had all of the parts or could get the stock parts cheaply.