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Since I seemed to make a bad impression on some folks with my last thread, I thought I would try to redeem myself with a "summer discussion".:rolleyes:
With temperatures climbing into triple digits here on the coast, I sure whish I had A/C in my project, but it would be a big expense to add.:CRY: So for now I have 2-door A/C: roll down the windows in my two doors and drive fast!**)
My question is how many rodders have A/C in their rides? Does it affect your performance?:)
Your system is what we call a 2-70 air conditioner. Roll down two windows and get her up to 70 mph. :LOL:
I'v got the 4X60 A/C myself
A/C in the shop and house, but I'm a 2/70 AC guy for Hot Rods..... Of course the Bonneville blows real cold air, but it's just the cruizer....
In Arizona we don't get much choice if we want to drive throughout the summer. Either put AC in the car or spend most of your time talking about how hot it is rather than talking cars.
My 34 has a/c but it's currently in a non working mode. It's an R12 unit that needs conversion. Only need a/c about 7 days during the summer so I can live with just the windows. Besides I've been told by my nephew that you ain't kool unless you can ride with your arm out the window.:cool: :LOL:
On the other hand, it being a southern built car, it has no heat. That hasn't been a problem for me, but my wife won't ride with me from December to March.:D :D Sometimes that ain't such a bad thing.:LOL:
Yeah, but it's a dry heat.....................:)Quote:
Originally Posted by 37 Caddy
i have a/c in my 68 but i never hardly use it unless tuffy is goin somewhere with me , i have 2/70 in the 37 but im thinking about putting the crank out front window back in for odviuos reasons:D
i do not have a/c in my monte. i just roll down all the windows and go 60. :LOL:
Ah, you guys are soft. :D My a/c went out in my daily 2 years ago, and I never had it in my Jeep truck, but I still got through the hot summers here ok. One thing that helped was that I drove to work early in the am before it got hot, and drove home that evening when it was already cooling off for the day.
The shop is getting pretty warm though. That is why we tend to go in the evening and stay till maybe 5 or so in the morning.
Don
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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
My wife drives a Miata and the A/C went out on it 5 years ago. I have offered for years to get it fixed but she's too cheap and enjoys the wind in her hair. :whacked:
Plus even when it did have A/C, it didn't do much good after it had been sitting in the sun all day!:CRY:
I need A/C in everything. I'm getting old! I've got Vintage Air in my 36 and it works OK until a big rig passes in the opposite direction. That sucks all of the cool air out of the car. The old style upholstery welting doesn't work as well as the new type door seals. Our heat here is very humid, definitely not dry heat.
1932 Ford Factory air (picture below) installed on all 1932 Ford's as standard equipment,........... when you open the rear window and windshield,..you have flow through ventilation ! :)
LarryH wrote:If that's the case then you can't be too old. At my age, I tend to be a little chilly all of the time. Thinking about adding a seat heaters to the 34 for when temps drop below 60 degrees.:eek: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
I need A/C in everything. I'm getting old!
i know what you mean about humid heat larry. for the previous 5 days the temp was between 94 to 103 with 40 to 60% humidity. we got up too 115 heat index 1 day. when it gets like that i do not even go outside.
...call me soft.... I work in the air conditioning all day, the house is airconditioned, my shop is air conditioned, the daily driver has the a/c on all the time and even the Willys will not leave the garage without the air on.
I will likely have heat stroke if we lose power during the flood.:LOL:
We don't even have A/C in the house. It's shut it down in the daytime, with fan on, and open all the windows at night, with the fans still on!:LOL:
The shop actually stays quite cool, as we insulated it with roofing insulation, dry walled it and put in a roof ridge vent. Since it has a cement slab it keeps very comfortable in there all summer long.
Now the truck is something quite special. It has the 1-2.5- 1 vent system, where the 1 stands for the cowl vent, the 2.5 stands for the missing side windows and vent1/4 windows, and the last 1 is how fast I can push it!!!:D :LOL:
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Originally Posted by highboy32
That is what is called intelligent design. My old Edsel was the same way. Because of the roof overhang on both front and back glass and the excellent ventilation, the car never got killer hot and once you were moving it was very comfortable inside. :cool:
That is not so with modern cars or old fastbacks!:CRY:
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Originally Posted by highboy32
And bugs . . . who needs a Harley? :LOL:
i loves my harley , wind in my hair , the open road , the bugs in my teeth:D
my sweety behind me its all good!
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/IM000867.jpg
one day im gonna get a side car for my doggy!!:D
No A/C in my daily driver, none in the hot rod mustang, and none will be installed in the Anglia. My wifes jeep is airconditioned you can bet on that. As long as shes taken care of then I am happy (and no shes not looking over my shoulder) At work all day if its 95 outside its 110 inside. Then if it cools down it takes 2 days for the building to cool off.
Flh4spd I'm with you. Nothing like the open road fresh air blast bugs and all to keep yah cool. I go back and forth about using a windshield. It's off 90% of the time, but on whenever I put some major miles on the bike in one day. Nice gal and great dog too!:D
This thread reminded me of some of the most pleasant memories I have of my youth with cars,... I never had A/C in a car until the late 70's (and that wasn't a hot rod) , but I remember those long hot dog days of summer here in Michigan,... and after the day was done, work was over, and the sun started to set,.... you just had to go for a ride.
I would jump in my car, roll all the windows down (with crank handles), and head over to a buddies house, listening to "CKLW The Big 8", or "WKNR Keener 13",.... when I got to my buddies house the heat and humidity of the day would be falling off into a cool night, All of my Buddies and I lived about 5 minutes (If that) from Telegraph Rd., we would brake it down to two guys per car,.... and head up to Telegraph, sometimes Woodward Ave. just to cool off and look for girls.
There were all kinds of cars cursing Telegraph on any given night following a hot day (most of which weren't Hot Rods),..... but the sound of your engine and exhaust ( The smell of burning Sunoco 260),... as well as the sound of other built cars cursing around you was like magic,.... it seemed everyone listened to CKLW or WKNR and the sound echoed through the night,...... did we find girls ? yep, sometimes,..... did we race ? Oh yeah we went to war many times.
Hanging out at Korvetts parking lot, or Top Hat Hamburgers, sometimes the brand new Burger King,..... life was simpler then, and even with Viet Nam going on there didn't seem to be World Wide confusion like there is now, but that could have been just the way it seemed to a young man with a cool Hot Rod and a whole life ahead of him.
I have gone back to Telegraph and even Woodward throughout the years,... sadly it's not the same,..... those days are lost in time and live only in the memories of some of my ol' buddies and myself,. and probably some of you old timers like me.
Sorry about rambling on, just something I felt I had to write out. Next time your out driving around after a hot summer day,... turn off the A/C, roll down the windows, find some good music,..... and try to find that time machine.
Thanks for indulging me on this post. Heres a picture of one of my old horses
doing what it did best,........
One of my windows would not roll down, one only went half way down! What is that? Just kidding..................
When I put a Crown Vic 5.0/AOD in my Rambler, I'll take all the A/C parts too.. and I'll hook up the A/C with a Vintage Air dash unit.. until then I got 4X60 with the 2 auxillary vents ( on kick panals ) and 2 vent windows.