The Allstate didn't get out last year. I lost my lease for my shop after 27+ years, and had to move !
I built a place at home to put my junk, including the paint booth! LOL
This year I hope to get the Allstate back out, to race, and do a cruise.

Keep the pictures coming!
I am excited to watch your progress, on the coupe.

Mark

Can't wait to see more pictures!

This is the way the front of the car sits now. It's almost finished from a rough in perspective but I keep toying with the idea of AC if it would fit....
Yes or no on the AC? My buddy says it should NOT have AC, as it's intended to be a groundpounder. I just think hot summer days it would be nice. It ain't gonna be a trailer queen....

Yes on AC

Not sure where in Canuckia you're at, but how many hot summer days do you get there where you'd actually use AC? About the only time I use the AC on my 65 is when I take it down to West Texas where SuperCuda's from. Then again, I don't know how many long trips you'll take either. Looks like it'll be a whole lotta fun either way you build it.
Mike

It gets hot here but nowhere NEAR down south hot.
I plan on driving it all the time. I don't mind windows down cruising, but long hot days in traffic are a lot more bearable with AC..?
I'm pretty sure BC summer heat is nothing compared to Texas heat!

I'm not a big AC fan, and cruising is better with the window down and my elbow out in the wind, so take my opinion as such.

I agree with 1E2C, how often will you really use the AC up where your at? Does the car have insulation? Will the AC pump clear the injectors? How do you feel about having hoses running across your motor? A lot of women like AC and the windows up, if that is a concern. If the cowl vent still works, they can pull a lot of nice cool air into the car. On the other hand, wind noise really bothers some people, if you are one of them and like the side windows up, I think AC is almost a must.

Personally, I say no, but as I grow older, that AC is gaining some ground. Gene

Hey! That hassssss to be you on FB? lol
More pics to come, promise!

That's me Gene, as I get older..... lol

My cowl vent works, now on an electric motor because space wouldn't allow the stock lever configuration.
Girls? I'm single now. (insert joke here lol)
I think I could get a pump in, but as many of you say, we aren't THAT hot in BC, and I will mostly be driving evenings and nights in the summer I would guess. I plan on quite a bit of Dynomat, so that leaves me with deciding if it's worth it for a few dozen days a year.
I'm sure tons of people have had the same decision. Wonder how they thought of their decisions a couple years later....?

Do you have room to mount the AC compressor down low? Like this?

I do Mark!! Not sure if I can fit the altenator where it is in that pic but maybe. Do you know which kit that is??

I will have to look and see if I have the link. I think it was from Bouchillon (sp?) I mounted it there and the owner had me move it to the top so he could use the stock fuel pump.

Found it !


http://bouchillonperformance.com/ac_compressor_brackets

Mark

Awesome Mark! Thanks! I bookmarked the page, looks to me like it might work.

age and health issues are forcing me to insist on ac a lot during the summer. also, humidity plays a big role in comfort. do you get a lot where you are ? the low mount setups are the ones to use. lets the visual appeal of the upper engine stand out. mark got you going in the right direction. and just so ya know, you ain't my type.......

I vote for A/C. Two reasons are:
1. Defogging the inside of the windows. I hate having to do that with a squeegee while driving.
2. Resale value. You may have to sell the car someday, God forbid! and that will be a good selling point.

Of course, if it helps get you some action with the ladies, all other reasons become unimportant.

I vote for Vintage Air. Jack Chisenhall is a hot rodder at heart.

R.

Yup!

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Lots of days it's not too hot but when you add in the humidity, the comfort level drops rapidly especially in BC.

Kevin

There are some good points towards adding AC. I have to ask, back in the old days, if the AC wasn't consistently used, the seals would dry up and leak (our 04 PT Cruiser comes to mind here).

Are the new systems so much better that the compressor & hose seals won't deteriorate if the AC is only used a few times in a year? I understand that the AC functions when the defroster is also used, but it is entirely possible the defrost may not see action over the course of a year either, given his location and the fact that it is a hot rod.

Do we go through the expense and effort to install AC for a possible 1/2 dozen times during a year, and can we expect it will function for the 5 or 6 times next year, and the year after? Or are we installing it for the next guy (who may or may not want or use it), and it probably won't work for him either? Gene

Well nothing on my car is for "the next guy". My car is a keeper.
I just don't know if I want real comfort in summer....? Or windows down like I did for years is good enough....?

Tough it out Mark and just go with the windows down.
Nice to see that you are back working on the rod.