My "OLD AIR" brackets for my '73 Chevy 400 SB line up perfectly.
http://www.oldairproducts.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=33&p
roducts_id=805
Wayne - '47 Chev 1 Ton Panel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Glenn" <lglenn11@mchsi.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:43 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Buyer beware! (Vintage Air)
> Buyer Beware!
>
> Last month, I purchased Vintage Air's A/C - Heat - Defrost unit for my
1949
> Chevy Pickup. I also bought the ProLine brackets and pulleys for a 350
V8.
> Everything arrived and looked great.
>
> We proceeded to tear down my old setup with the ugly brackets and found
> that we had would need to switch to a different water pump. No problem.
> Bought one at the FLAPS and we're ready again.
>
> Found out that I'd need to grind a little off my brand new Weind manifold
> to get the brackets to fit right. Okay.
>
> Put the polished aluminum pulleys on the W/P and the crankshaft. Put the
> compressor on. Put the alternator on. NOTHING LINES UP! To make this
> setup work right, I'd have to grind 1/4" off the alternator bracket and
set
> the compressor bracket forward 5/8". So, we scratch our heads a bit and
> wonder if Vintage Air has different offsets for these brackets.
>
> We call Vintage Air's tech support line today and after 10 minutes or so,
I
> talk to Robert. After I explain the problem, he says there's nothing they
> can do. We'll have to grind on these brand new brackets and provide our
> own spacers to make this work. I ask him if it's something about our
> particular setup and he apologetically said that there wasn't. I thanked
> him and that was the end of the conversation.
>
> I'm at a loss as to what this bracket/pully combo is supposed to work
> with...
>
> Sign me frustrated,
> -Lee '49 3600 Indianola, IA
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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