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My old 78 camino didn't come w/a/c. I was considering a Vintage Air's set-up but once I started adding everything up it was $$.

Since I'm an addmitted 'cheap f**ker', I went to a local wrecking yard & got an entire dash + a/c set-up out of a later model 4 door malibu for $100 w/me pulling it all. This included all switches, vac lines, duct work, brackets, etc. I swapped everything (which was time consuming) but when I was done, my total cash outlay was $230 after getting a new compressor + dryer, & getting it all charged.

There's still alot of these trucks that are later model (burbs/blazers & LWB's in particular) out in the wrecking yards w/all the a/c stuff still in them, so if your not 'mechanically challenged' you could do the swap for a couple hundred. If you are 'challenged', the vintage air stuff is good quality (if you can afford it) & their 'systems' are designed to work together (sized for optimum cooling perf).