![]() ![]() Since the Custom Autosound kick-panel speakers provide a "fish-gill" vent, it is highly desirable to find another way to route the hoses, especially since the Vintage Air system is a purely recirculation system. This means losing the vent and a potential speaker location. The Vintage Air installation plan is to route the hoses through the passenger side kick-panel. Problem #1 was routing the refrigerant and heater hoses out into the engine bay. The tale begins with the work being done at Orinda Motors by their master mechanic Greg. In general, do ask questions and I'll do my best to answer them. However, if anyone needs detailed pictures, dimensions, or anything else let me know. Jim Weise made this bracket for me in a desperate panic the weekend before his masterpiece assertive engine shipped. One modification that I can only offer you limited information on is coming up with the compressor bracket on the engine. You can download at this somewhat obscure webpage: If you are interested in doing this upgrade definitely get your hands on all the Vintage Air documentation. I won't document what is part of the standard installation. It is partially documented and I'll try to add them to this thread as I have a chance. There are many of then and I've already accomplished quite a bit. This thread is to document all the modifications necessary to get the Vintage Air system to fit into a 1964-67 Buick Skylark/Special/SportWagon. After comparing the two, I decided the GTO kit was closer to the Buick because the GTO controls are almost identical to the Buick. Vintage Air Sure-Fit kit choice and preliminaries:īasically, you have two choices: the 1964-67 Chevelle/El Camino kit or the 1964-67 GTO kit. Modifying a 1964-5 factory A/C controller to use Vintage Air GTO cable converters.Here is a list of the modifications covered specifically in this thread: Subscribers to the trusty wagon soap opera know that late in game I decided to add a Vintage Air Sure-Fit kit to the list of modifications to my 1965 Buick Special wagon. However, that big-block will probably stay stuck in the garage when the temperature is above 90˚ F. Sure, having a big-block Buick engine is real cool. ![]()
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