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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose">I’m currently installing a “Nostalgic Air” system in my 1971 TR6 (it is a re-pop of the dealer installed kit with modern “guts”). I live in Las Vegas and want to get a couple more months of driving in per year.<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>I looked at the Vintage Air Kit as well but ultimately wanted to keep a stock appearance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>At the end of the day, all these systems work the same way and are of similar size. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>By the time I’m done (this weekend) I’ll have about 10 hours in it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>You’ll likely have more because you’ll need to fab your own compressor bracket, attachments and will need to come up with another pulley for the compressor. Couldn’t be easier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>If you’d like, I can send photos of mine – at the end of the day, the application to a TR6 and a big Healey will have more in common than not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Jonas Payne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>PBR Consulting Services, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>702.882.6711<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>R. Lindsay<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Air Conditioning Installation - BJ8<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now that I live in Florida, I am considering installing AC in my BJ8. To no one’s surprise, the heat/humidity is brutal in the summer and makes driving in traffic almost unbearable! (OK, I’m soft)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’d like to do it myself and Vintage Air seems to have a nice system that appears to be fairly easy to install. I know several members have done this and I’d love to “talk” with someone who’s been through it before with an Austin Healey or someone that can refer me to a web site that would help me anticipate what I’m getting myself into. I’ve a number of questions from simple, “Should I pull the engine?”, to more difficult, “ Do I need to modify my wiring?”, and every thing in between. The car has been converted to negative ground already so, I’ve got that behind me.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your insights.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><br>Price Lindsay<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>67 BJ8<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>