67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[raull]

[QUOTE=67cheby;5308887] ...unfortunately i forgot my camera at work last night ! pics tomorrow,

im sure u have a phone that takes pix !!! no excuses next time , we want pix !!!

[67cheby]

i have pics on my iphone but cant figure out how to post them on here ....if you can telll me how i will post them !! LOL

[raull]

e-mail them to yourself , iphone its going to ask you what size , pick medium size , then save them to any computer , then you can post , i'm waiting !!! lol

[67cheby]

got it !

[67cheby]

i will get some bigger better pics tonight , the hoses are hooked up to the unit in these pics , so everything clears !

[big_al_71]

We ran the a/c lines in my truck the same exact way. they are so hidden that people sometimes dont even realize the truck has a/c.

[longbed67]

That is awesome how tucked away those lines are! I think you have me convinced that the hassle will be worth it to do that to mine!

[67cheby]

That is what i am shooting for Al !! and i actually have the side panels and front panels that will hide them even more ! Do you have a shot of your lines , how they go to the ac condensor and then a shot going to the compressor ?

[72BlckButy]

Can you get the A/C lines in any length or are there limitations on the overall length they are built?

[67cheby]

i had mine made they are 12 ft long, i am sure i will need to shorten them i havent put on the other ends yet , waiting for my Bolt on body drop to put the cab back on and finish mocking up my lines

[es67chevy]

I imagine there is some sort of limit to a roll size, but I bet its crazier than what most would be willing to pay for or have a need for. You can buy it by the foot from Vintage Air. Some auto shops like Car Quest carry it too.

[jtp67-72]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

got it !

That's the way it SHOULD have looked from gm..........but I know...I know ....they were only TRUCKS back then....(I can here the purist guys now....Special K???.......lol).................jim

[67cheby]

Agreed , they should have hidden everything more !
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[gearys 5600]

Looks real clean..

I like clean firewalls !!! Good job..

[watahyahknow]

the only thing that prevents you from running realy long lines that i can think of is the amount of freon in the unit , you need to add more when you go realy long .
it looks realy neat now i think you cant even see the unit under the dash when you sit in the car

[jtp67-72]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

the only thing that prevents you from running realy long lines that i can think of is the amount of freon in the unit , you need to add more when you go realy long .
it looks realy neat now i think you cant even see the unit under the dash when you sit in the car

Freon still cheap here....looking at that damn heater box the rest of your life would kill me!!!.....lol......still 6.99 can here .....jim

[67cheby]

Well you can still see a little bit of it ...but it will work , here are some slightly better pics (not much better)

[mcbassin]

Looking good Mike. Did your V/A heater and a/c line not come straight out? Or do they route at a different angle? I have an older unit (had it almost 3 years) and the lines run straight through the firewall just to get it mounted. I thought about doing what you are doing but the fixed copper lines prevented me from changing the routing.

[67cheby]

the Vintage Air unit i ordered was for a smoothed firewall, so the lines point straight out toward the pass door

[67cheby]

here are a few other thing i worked on last night, i am thinking of making me some new grill to rad core support fillers, i want them to go completely over the top of the core support and then bend over about 1/2 inch to hold the inner panels that i built in place . I also took off the hinges i am going to rebuild them before we do the final alignment and gapping of the doors. Tonights project the bottom of the pass door has a few small pinholes so i am going to wire brush it and see how it turns out (we have already don the metal repalcement on the bottom of the drivers door)

[smoknbarrels]

looks good, and yea, 10-12' lines are nothing, I am sure you can imagine how long the lines are in some of the new tractors and combines on farms these days..just need more refrigerant.
I really thought long and hard about putting in ac, but then figure -my climate is mild and hey, my windows are gonna be open 90% of the time anyway, but after looking at Big_Als install as well as yours, it makes me want that option..

[67cheby]

LOL, i wish it were an option for us ! here it is a Necessity !!

[67cheby]

i will look on the box at home , it is the Surefit system for the 67-72 with a shaved firewall !

[es67chevy]

Yeah, you have to specify "Smooth Firewall" when you order to get the tubes turned straight out instead of pointed at your firewall.

[bloodybigblock]

Wow that was a lot of pages. Sup mike, good build thread man
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