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Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? #642964
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'71 Charger w/o factory AC. Please share your experiences & opinions on which to go with. Thanks.

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: whitemtnelf] #642965
03/17/10 11:49 AM
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Are you looking for an under-dash or in-dash system?

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: whitemtnelf] #642966
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I used classic on a 1965 coronet. I felt the company at the time (3 years ago) was more mopar centric.
Even so, I wound up using a genaric kit because of the poly 318, and they had nothing for early b's.

Fairly straight forward, and I had a pulley issue that they took care of right away.

I did not use the factory controls, chose the electronic air box instead.

I installed it in a convertible, so I probably wouldn't waste my money or time again on it.
But not because it doesn't work. If I keep the top up, it works fine, heat and a/c. Just does nothing for me with the top down.

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #642967
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In-dash is preferable. I have the car on a rotisserie so now's the time to do any fab work required to fit an in-dash.

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: whitemtnelf] #642968
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Perhaps the following will be useful if you haven't already done a recent search on the topic.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...rue#Post5644259

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: cruzin] #642969
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Thank you for posting that, I should have done a search first.

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: whitemtnelf] #642970
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the electric box instead of vacuum operated is much cleaner. but a couple hundred more.

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: whitemtnelf] #642971
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I installed a classic air unit in my Non A/C 68 charger. Very clean install and you use the stock controls. You get a brand new air box with heater core and A/C evaporater. Very helpful tech line.
Won't know how well it works till this summer.

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: rapom] #642972
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I've had good luck with classic and horrible luck with vintage. Vintage quality stinks and their tech line refused to stand behind their product.

Re: Vintage Air or ClassicAuto Air ? [Re: whitemtnelf] #642973
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I installed a stock factory system in my non AC 72 Charger. The donor car was a 73 Charger. I welded up a few holes, then made a template for the new system and cut a few new holes in the firewall. System has been running great with R134A for years now.







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