Smooth Firewall With Vintage Air

[Longhornss]

Anyone out there smooth their firewall when they installed Vintage air?

I have done this with several other vehicles but am now working on my personal 67 and do not have the Vintage air yet. I was hoping some people could post up some pics of how they smoothed their wall and where they ran the Lines. And how they went about mounting the unit without hardware in the wall.
Thanks

[Blown06]

I'm gonna hop on here since this is a direction that I've been working through in my head also. I have the firewall shaved with the Porterbuilt panels but no Vintage Air or bulkhead connections thought out yet.

[Raleighswb]

You really should look at restomodair.com that is what I have,very easy to mount with the bracketry they supply.I also have their stealth micro controls,which I mounted with a 3d printed ac panel I got from coreyjonesdesigns.com,restomodair has a serpentine setup but I will be using March.I googled hidden ac lines and got great ideas on where to mount my bulkhead.corey has a panel that will work with vintage air should you go that route,great guy to do business with.

[Longhornss]

Originally Posted by Raleighswb

You really should look at restomodair.com that is what I have,very easy to mount with the bracketry they supply.I also have their stealth micro controls,which I mounted with a 3d printed ac panel I got from coreyjonesdesigns.com,restomodair has a serpentine setup but I will be using March.I googled hidden ac lines and got great ideas on where to mount my bulkhead.corey has a panel that will work with vintage air should you go that route,great guy to do business with.

Thanks for the info. I have looked into restomid air b4 however I (my company) is a VA dealer. I have seen Corey's heater control. That is defiantly an option as I will likely be using a Dakota digital climate control panel to handle my heating and cooling.
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[screaminchevypickup]

Shaved firewall.. No hoses can be seen around the firewall area.

[Longhornss]

Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup

Shaved firewall.. No hoses can be seen around the firewall area.

ScreaminChevy do your hoses go up over the fender and back in the cowl vent?

[JGood]

http://www.restomodair.com/synister/synister-bulkheads/

This company has some slick looking bulkheads if you are gonna put bulkheads in. I like both looks.

[Elliot949]

Here is 3-deuces...

[Fitz]

Originally Posted by Longhornss

Anyone out there smooth their firewall when they installed Vintage air?

I have done this with several other vehicles but am now working on my personal 67 and do not have the Vintage air yet. I was hoping some people could post up some pics of how they smoothed their wall and where they ran the Lines. And how they went about mounting the unit without hardware in the wall.
Thanks

Mine is a southern air unit but, as you can see....before smoothing, after smoothing and then with the AC and Heater lines run through a bulkhead fitting

[Fitz]

Mine is a southern air unit but, as you can see....before smoothing, after smoothing and then with the AC and Heater lines run through a bulkhead fitting

[bigmac73]

I just looked at the restomod website, man what a goat@#$!, not user friendly at all,
Most people just want to buy a complete package to mount/hook up and go, not jump around and try to find all the existing parts
Probably go with some one else more user friendly

[Doug's68SS]

Just getting started on mine, i have my Vintage Air but i have not tried to install it yet. i was thinking on welding my mounting hardware to the inside of the dash abd just use nuts to hold it in place.

[Longhornss]

Originally Posted by Doug's68SS

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Just getting started on mine, i have my Vintage Air but i have not tried to install it yet. i was thinking on welding my mounting hardware to the inside of the dash abd just use nuts to hold it in place.

Well that is an option you should not have a problem with using a nut on the lower firewall mount but looking at the instructions and my previous experience with other VA units that top mount is going to be a bear to get at. it will be a trick to get your hand up and over to tighten it that is why they have a weld nut on the mounting plate.

I am thinking once I get the VA plates here I will weld a stud to the inside lower mounting location. At the top I will bead roll a shallow stepped channel ..... like the one someone might make in a lap welded 1/4 repair. I will weld that to the upper location co that I can slip the unit up under the strip and just mount the bottom with a nut. the rest of the unit will be mounted to the cowl with the front evaporator mounting plate.

[screaminchevypickup]

Another shaved firewall but running the fittings out the front..

[SactoJim]

I recently redid my firewall and put the PB pieces in and got rid of some unused holes and smoothed all pinch welds out. I have a older Vintage Air system that was specifically for C10's and the unit outlets were too close to the firewall to do bulkhead type fittings, so I just cut up the plastic vintage air cover and used part of it.

[hpcgmc]

Subscribed as I'll be doing this to my truck soon.

[scf100]

Bringing this thread back up as want to do same in my 70 2WD Blazer and hide bulkhead lines

So what Vintage Air system did you use and can you get lines running to run inside firewall to wheel well them to front?

[6600DURAMAX]

thought I might as well add a pic as everyone loves pics

[scf100]

My builder and I figured out a way to run ac lines out the pass side cowl vent under the inner fender to hide the ac lines........
I am using Vintage Air front drive system and got the 90 degree elbows for lines to go staright down for lines to go under inner fender.

[6600DURAMAX]

Wanted to revive this post a little with a couple questions in regards to keeping the firewall as smooth as you can

1. How are you mounting the lower AC bracket without drilling through the firewall? The upper looks to mount on the inside cowl piece where it wont be seen.

2. How is the "drain " hose routed if you only have the 4 bulkhead hoses ?

[Jason Banks]

When I did mine, I was going to weld a 1/4-20 screw to the firewall and grind it, but didn't end up doing it and just used a chrome, button head screw instead.

[6600DURAMAX]

SCF100- I wish I would have went this route as well- looks great

[6600DURAMAX]

Banks - I agree, thought about some button head stainless ones as last option. Was thinking today of making a 90 degree bracket and using the cowl to hide the bolts

[Jason Banks]

Here's how mine turned out. Spent lots of time making sure everything was flat, then tightening that top bolt sucked the metal in making a depression.

[Jason Banks]

Oh Yah, the factory vintage air hoses make spaghetti. Either get custom ones or have them modified.