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Re: AC in an early ('67) MGB-GT

To: jhoward@sextans.lowell.edu
Subject: Re: AC in an early ('67) MGB-GT
From: Philip E Bacon <pboldtrix@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:58:06 -0400
Excellent!!  I had already thought it might be possible to use the radio
hole for a vent arrangement, and move the radio/CD down to the speaker
box (I have rear speakers in my 67 BGT)   Any idea where I could find
those UK vents?  


On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:52:45 -0700 (MST) James Howard
<jhoward@sextans.lowell.edu> writes:
>
>
>>The TRICK as I see it is to design & locate the  various cooling vent
>>outlets and control locations in the interior so that they have a 
>period
>>appearance and are unobtrusive to the overall look of the car's
>>interior....IOW,  it's gotta look like it came with the car.  That, 
>and
>>of course, it's gotta have sufficient power to cool the car 
>efficiently. 
>
>I too want AC for my 66 MGB/GT, and have given a lot of thought to the
>vent question.  I think the UK spec MGBs of around 1973 still used the
>metal dash of the early 60's MGBs, except the speedo and tach were 
>smaller
>and the radio was moved to the area where the speaker is on ours.  
>Fresh
>air vents were installed in the slot where the radio is on my 66.  So, 
>if
>you could get a pair of those vents, you would have something that 
>would
>work quite well with a two outlet evaporator box from Vintage Air.  
>Now,
>if you want a radio, too, you would have to modify the speaker 
>enclosure
>to fit it, and perhaps hide the speakers under the dash.  I think a 
>radio
>and CD changer atop each other would cover the hole for the chrome 
>speaker
>grille quite nicely, and give it a near-oem appearance.
>
>Controls are a little more complicated.  I suppose you could replace 
>the
>heater control knobs with ones that control both the AC and heat.  I
>haven't been able to find any that would do that, though.  The ones in 
>the
>Vintage Air catalog look very JC Whitney to me.  
>
>James
>66 MGB/GT
>Flagstaff, AZ, USA
>
>

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