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?

[Metaldoc]

I used the sure fit kit Gen IV but cut the plate supplied by them, then filled al the extra holes.

[Hart_Rod]

Originally Posted by Metaldoc

I used the sure fit kit Gen IV but cut the plate supplied by them, then filled al the extra holes.

Nice

[Raleighswb]

A few that might give you some ideas

[Longhornss]

Originally Posted by Metaldoc

I used the sure fit kit Gen IV but cut the plate supplied by them, then filled al the extra holes.

Yeah I am thinking I am going to call them up tomorrow and have them send me a firewall plate and the Evaporator mounting plate and see if I can come up with something I have one of their gen 4 mock up units..... I wan to try and avoid and mounting hardware in on the firewall but I have an ideal how I am going to do it.

I like the direction Raleighswb is going but with my cowl speakers that may make this a little more difficult. I may just have to go through the side cowl in the hump that was the blower recess to get the same result.

Keep em coming fellas All great ideas.

[trkfrk]

Originally Posted by Raleighswb

A few that might give you some ideas

That's clean.. I like where the bulkhead fittings go through...

[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.

[Raleighswb]

Originally Posted by Longhornss

Yeah I am thinking I am going to call them up tomorrow and have them send me a firewall plate and the Evaporator mounting plate and see if I can come up with something I have one of their gen 4 mock up units..... I wan to try and avoid and mounting hardware in on the firewall but I have an ideal how I am going to do it.

I like the direction Raleighswb is going but with my cowl speakers that may make this a little more difficult. I may just have to go through the side cowl in the hump that was the blower recess to get the same result.

Keep em coming fellas All great ideas.

That was a picture I had saved but will probably will go that route,but I do like this too

[Raleighswb]

This is actually my truck,most people that used vintage air used the universal kit so you have the choice of where the lines come out.

[Raleighswb]

Originally Posted by Raleighswb

This is actually my truck,most people that used vintage air used the universal kit so you have the choice of where the lines come out.

Can someone flip this picture around thanks?

[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

[screaminchevypickup]

Originally Posted by Longhornss

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

Yes the run out of the cowl vent then behind the inner fender..

[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..

[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

[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.