Thread: 1971 Camaro RS

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Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

Don't forget to sleep LOL. When I was looking for Camaros I passed up several of them because they didn't have Factory air, now here you go and rip it out and put a plate over it LOL.

My thoughts are this: I have to replace all the lines, condenser, evaporator, have the POA valve rebuilt and set to 134a pressure, the outer box is broken, the inner stuff is very brittle from being in AZ. The wiring was/is melted to some control cables behind the dash too. So either spend money on finding nice OEM stuff because the repop stuff doesn't fit, or just bite the bullet and buy vintage air for it. That's my plan. I got the bolt on plate so I'm not technically altering the body much. If I ever wanted to put factory stuff back I could. The main reason I had to ditch the HVAC box was it had an ear that hung out behind the RH head and the head was hitting it. So bye bye broken stuff and now I have to save more money.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

My thoughts are this: I have to replace all the lines, condenser, evaporator, have the POA valve rebuilt and set to 134a pressure, the outer box is broken, the inner stuff is very brittle from being in AZ. The wiring was/is melted to some control cables behind the dash too. So either spend money on finding nice OEM stuff because the repop stuff doesn't fit, or just bite the bullet and buy vintage air for it. That's my plan. I got the bolt on plate so I'm not technically altering the body much. If I ever wanted to put factory stuff back I could. The main reason I had to ditch the HVAC box was it had an ear that hung out behind the RH head and the head was hitting it. So bye bye broken stuff and now I have to save more money.

Seems like a guy has to choose between rust or melted plastic. I hear you on the new stuff not fitting, most stuff is awful. When I started gathering a few parts for that car I found a very cheap OER dash for sale, but he wouldn't ship it because the buyer had to come in person and see for themselves how poorly it fit. The used one I put in there is a bit sticky but It is a good start for a dash cap. I'm going to be in Des Moines Aug 3 but it's going to be a drive down there, take care of some business and drive back type of day. One of these time I'm going to have to stop by and see if the Camaro remembers me