Thread: Vintage Air in a 32 Coupe

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My dash is very close to TAZHOGS. I'll get some pix of it and underneath showing the tape measure if possible and post them up.
Vintage replied to my email and they do not make a unit specific to this car. Which I knew that,,,, they recommended a universal unit like a GEN II Compact or GEN II Mini. There is one vendor in my area but he's still a hike from me and I don't know if he'd loan out a mock up unit, so I'll make a mock up of the Compact and see how it all fits. I'm pretty sure it's only going to show the bottom half of the unit but until I can find time to measure it's all a guess. GF is really tagging me for her needs LOL. Thanks guy's for all the input and the pix. Without this site I'd be seriously scratching my head and there ain't much hair up there to rub ha ha. Brains either for that matter ))
HotRodN

The fittings are all on the right side, pointing toward the right, but the #6 high pressure fitting points down, so an immediate 90 degree fitting is usually required. I'll have to look up some of my pics. One problem that I noticed is the #10 suction line sits so close to the firewall that there is no way to wrench on it, once the unit is mounted in the car. I solved that problem by cutting a hole is the firewall, large enough to fit the two large wrenches required. I made a single aluminum cover plate that covers the opening that I made, and allows the #6 high side line to pass through the firewall.

To avoid problems, I just bought the entire unit early on in my project, so I could mount it and get that issue out of the way. Mounting was easy, but figuring out a nice looking hose routing took quite awhile.