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69 B-body rear defrost? #1127495 12/04/11 03:11 PM 12/04/11 03:11 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 840 southern Idaho M moparcyco OP super stock
moparcyco OP super stock M Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 840 southern Idaho	This one is a two part question. 1.Can this be installed fairly easily on a car that was not so equipped?Does anyone have some pics of how it is installed?This is my first B-body and have never seen the setup before.It gets cold where I am and while the car is apart would be a worthwhile upgrade. 2.Are the parts readily available?Or do you have to score a setup from a donor car?Is there anything different on the dash?I have the ralley (spelling?)dash.As always thanks for your help guys

Re: 69 B-body rear defrost? [Re: moparcyco] #1127496 12/04/11 03:22 PM 12/04/11 03:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal	Quote: This one is a two part question. 1.Can this be installed fairly easily on a car that was not so equipped?Does anyone have some pics of how it is installed?This is my first B-body and have never seen the setup before.It gets cold where I am and while the car is apart would be a worthwhile upgrade. Pretty easy install. They were common to have dealer installed and sold out of the accessories catalog. I put one in my 68 Barracuda Notchback when I lived in Iowa. They don't work very well. Nothing close to modern heated grid rear defrosters. All it does is de-fog your rear window. Just the interior fog on the glass. So when a couple of people get into a car and thier breathing and body heat caused a differential in the cold outside the car, fog is formed on the inside of the glass. They blow air from the inside of the car back on the window sucked from the rear speaker grille. So you can't have two rear speakers unless you buy this offset adapter that pgclassics sells for $159. BTW It's not heated air. Some have a coil inside that people think is a heater, but it is a resistor for the two speed blower motor. And has extremely little effect on the air passing by it. Quote: 2.Are the parts readily available?Or do you have to score a setup from a donor car?Is there anything different on the dash?I have the ralley (spelling?)dash.As always thanks for your help guys No new parts available except NOS and the adapter brack from PG Clasics. So get a complete unit.

Re: 69 B-body rear defrost? [Re: autoxcuda] #1127497 12/04/11 05:35 PM 12/04/11 05:35 PM
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moparcyco OP super stock M Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 840 southern Idaho	Well sounds like maybe not such a good uprade.will the heater take care of it quickly?I've never really driven my challenger in the colder weather.This car will get driven much more just don't want any saftey issues.Is there possibly something better out there?Thanks

Re: 69 B-body rear defrost? [Re: moparcyco] #1127498 12/04/11 05:49 PM 12/04/11 05:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 4,154 bethlehem pa M mikemee1331 master
mikemee1331 master M Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 4,154 bethlehem pa	in all honesty, it wouldn't be worth the hassle. they straight up don't work except to blow air on the window. buddy had one in his RoadRunner back in the day. this was back in Upstate NY. the thing did nothing but make a bunch of noise.

Re: 69 B-body rear defrost? [Re: moparcyco] #1127499 12/05/11 12:09 PM 12/05/11 12:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,023 pa. D dan9 super stock
dan9 super stock D Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,023 pa.	I have one in my 69 rr. I agree with the other posts. It's not heated air. Mine also has a separate switch in the dash. That may be the hardest part to find.

Re: 69 B-body rear defrost? [Re: dan9] #1127500 12/05/11 12:29 PM 12/05/11 12:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal	Quote: I have one in my 69 rr. I agree with the other posts. It's not heated air. Mine also has a separate switch in the dash. That may be the hardest part to find. How does yours work in getter fog off the inside of your rear window?

Re: 69 B-body rear defrost? [Re: autoxcuda] #1127501 12/05/11 01:14 PM 12/05/11 01:14 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,442 It's a dry heat gtx6970 Too Many Posts
gtx6970 Too Many Posts Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,442 It's a dry heat	Quote: Quote: I have one in my 69 rr. I agree with the other posts. It's not heated air. Mine also has a separate switch in the dash. That may be the hardest part to find. How does yours work in getter fog off the inside of your rear window? pulls heated air from the inside the passenger compartment - if it doesn't get warm air , it doesn't blow warm air

Re: 69 B-body rear defrost? [Re: autoxcuda] #1127502 12/05/11 01:34 PM 12/05/11 01:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,023 pa. D dan9 super stock
dan9 super stock D Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,023 pa.	Mine is pretty useless. I think the window gets cleared mostly from the heat/defrost instead of the rear window unit. It was in mine so i left it but i wouldn't go to the trouble of adding one in my opinion.

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