[Roadsters] Air cond for a roadster

[Pat Horne]

Living in Texas, I have also been thinking about A/C in my 67.5. Instead 
of putting an under-dash unit I was thinking about doing something 
similar to what I've seen on Bobcat loaders, which is that the A/C 
registers are behind and to the side of the operator, blowing cold air 
onto your arms and legs. This really helps a lot, even when the loader 
doesn't have an enclosed cab.

There is a lot of room under the package shelf on our cars, as long as 
you stay away from the drive shaft and axles, so I have been thinking 
about putting the condensers and evaporator there. As for the 
compressor, I haven't decided yet. I hear that some new small vehicles 
have electrically-driven compressors which, I'm sure, draw a lot of 
power, but with a larger alternator may make things easier to install. 
There are also small compressors used on sub-compacts that should be 
easier on the engine than the larger compressors. I will be going to a 
shop tomorrow and will see what they know about this.

Peace,
Pat

Thusly spake robert williams, On 8/7/2012 2:20 AM:
> I am looking to move to a very warm tropical climate where it is almost above
> 30c every day of the year and very humid.
> Heading to the tropics of south east asia and thinking of taking the fairlady
> with me when it is finished the ground up resto (about 85%) complete now.
>
> Anyway this low screen 1600 sporty will not be to practical up there without
> some air cond.
> Has anyone gone down the path of fitting AC to one of these with an under dash
> unit.
>
> I remember from the days when I was playing around with late 60's and early
> 70's model holdens (GM for you guys in the northern part of the world) there
> was a heap of large under dash A/C units.
> Does anyone know if they have come down in size over the years?
>
> Did these cars ever have a snog pump installed in the USA on the 1600cc
> engine?
> If so maybe the mounting brackets for the SMOG pump could be modified to carry
> an A/C compressor.
>
> Any constructive thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.
>
> regards
>
> Roberts
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