Vintage Air

[Nova70]

I'm looking at ordering a vintage air set-up for my '70 but have a quick question. Does it mount in the same place as the factory heating system? If not i'm buying it... If it does I will have to keep searching.

I want it to be up higher, the Vintage Air site says it mounts behind the dash but I'm not sure if they mean right behind the dash where it won't be seen, or in the factory heat location which takes up the space I want to use....

Thanks,
.:Nova70

[67ChevyRedneck]

Click the link in my signature and skim through it, you should find all the pics you need to make a decision.

[grs]

I had nothing but trouble installing my Vintage Air in my 69 truck. Does your radiator support have a hole in it for the condenser lines to go thru? Vintage does not have a template for the hole. I had to make my own brackets for the top if the condenser. My email is. gsgman2@sbcglobal.net

[Mondo]

The only problem I have is that I have to leave the A/C on in the winter too. I push the bottom temp lever over to right (hot) in the winter. If I push the middle A/C to Heater lever to the right (turning off the A/C) the cab mists up... weird. I've checked and it doesn't seem to be a heater core leak.
So basically I get dry "warm air" not hot air. And the top lever opens the defrost vents (all the way to the right) but doesn't seem to close the other vents.
The good thing is I only need heat about 3 months out of the year and the cold air works great.

[suville]

Guys check out "Classic Auto Air" they are IMO one of the best units out there and they use one coil for heat and one coil for cool just like GM did all the rest share one coil for both, you can also retain your stock controller so it looks like the OE. Prices are not that much different for what ya get!

[Mondo]

I checked out their site and, unless I read it wrong, it seems if you have the OE controller/levers for an A/C truck they will actually work in reverse... all the way to the right (which says "hot") is for cold and moving the lever to the left makes things warmer. And the top lever is not used at all

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by grs

I had nothing but trouble installing my Vintage Air in my 69 truck. Does your radiator support have a hole in it for the condenser lines to go thru? Vintage does not have a template for the hole. I had to make my own brackets for the top if the condenser. My email is. gsgman2@sbcglobal.net

I had no significant trouble at all. It wasn't a walk in the park, but with patience I got through it without breaking anything

As far as the hole, I show the approximate location in my thread to locate it, but trucks that don't have the hole already drilled do have a "dimple" in the core support where the hole should go. I used a hole bit to drill it out.

Posts #35, 36, & 37.

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...=249479&page=2

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by Mondo

The only problem I have is that I have to leave the A/C on in the winter too. I push the bottom temp lever over to right (hot) in the winter. If I push the middle A/C to Heater lever to the right (turning off the A/C) the cab mists up... weird. I've checked and it doesn't seem to be a heater core leak.
So basically I get dry "warm air" not hot air. And the top lever opens the defrost vents (all the way to the right) but doesn't seem to close the other vents.
The good thing is I only need heat about 3 months out of the year and the cold air works great.

Ever notice on a new car that when you have the heat on defrost that it switches over to "fresh air" and won't let you put it on "recirculate"? The fresh air keeps the windshield from fogging up, even the factory A/C on these trucks used a fresh air system (I think it was the vacuum diaphragm thingy on the PS air vent?) The V/A system doesn't have a fresh air option, so it's easier to fog up the windshield.

With that said, I haven't had much of a problem with it. I drove the truck a couple weeks ago when it was about 18 degrees out, I let it warm up for a few minutes and took off. As long as I left the heat on defrost the windshield never fogged up, but if I turned it off, it would start to fog up. Unfortunately the air doesn't ever get hot, but after about 10 minutes my cab is plenty warm.

Yes, the A/C is unbelievable. I absolutely love it and it's a necessity over here too! I've run the A/C way more than I've ever run the heat.