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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