Re: [Chrysler300] 1957 Air conditioning

[Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The congregation is polled. What a ton of great info and advice from all 
of you.  I'm still not fully decided on which way to go, but I won't be 
doing it blindly now.

Jim Bartuska's '59 setup sounds like it may be the smart thing to go 
with if I decide to go factory.   I realize I'd have to have my 
passenger head drilled and tapped. (and maybe I should have my own head 
drilled and tapped for even considering this); but if that were the 
greatest obstacle, I'm not deterred yet.  Even though I don't have an 
original A/C car, I went out and checked it for the holes anyway (yes, 
both heads).  There's a pretty long story between the lines here, but, 
in short, I blew up the original engine pretty badly 20 minutes after I 
first bought the car in September of 1962.  So a junkyard 300 engine was 
put in to replace that one, and I now hoped that it may have come from 
an A/C car - but, alas, it was not to be.

The aftermarket setup still has a lot of appeal for installation cost 
and  ease.  It just will look like the add-on equipment that it is; and 
I love to lift the hood and be able to say "Yep, this is a factory-built 
hot rod and this is how it actually came out of the showroom".

I'm still thinking -----------------------

Thanks again to all,
Keith Boonstra

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BARJAM300@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Keith,
> Based on Burt's email maybe I can help you out. I have most of a '59 
> New Yorker A/C system I took out of a parts car in 1971. If you are 
> interested, I'll check out what I have upstairs in the barn.
>  
> Jim Bartuska
>  
> In a message dated 10/27/2009 1:38:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>      
>
>     OK Folks, our '57 300C has sat in the barn way too much in the
>     summers just because I'm too spoiled rotten to ride around without
>     A/C anymore in a car that doesn't have a flip top. And besides
>     that, it needed a few improvements that are long overdue.
>
>     After owning it now (for the second time) for 26 years, I'm
>     finally taking care of a lot of the things I should have been
>     doing right along. I'm putting in seat belts, re-installing
>     correct carbs, finally putting on that right side mirror, fixing
>     up the armrests, and maybe I'll throw a set of WW radials on it so
>     it can safely hit the road.
>
>     So now I would also like to install a complete original A/C
>     system, and I don't know where to start. Who out there might have
>     everything I'm going to need to accomplish this (both the parts
>     and the knowledge)? I know this won't be cheap, but in my view it
>     will add that much long term value to the car. And it will add
>     immensely to our pleasure in heading halfway across the country
>     for a meet.
>
>     Who's got parts or ideas for a starting point? Your thoughts?
>
>     Many thanks,
>     Keith Boonstra
>     Holland, Michigan
>
>     
>


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