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Well, I have 31 days until we leave for HRPT. I finally got off of my butt to install the Vintage Air. My buddy Kevin came over for the weekend to help and keep me motivated. We stripped the interior and the dash so that we wouldn't get metal shavings in everything, then removed all of the factory heater components. After mocking up the evaporator unit, I came to the conclusion that routing the lines out of the inside cowl vent wasn't going to work very easily due to how close the blower was to the vent. I thought about using the bulkhead that I bought, but in the interest of simplicity and the fact that I want to test out the A/C on a trip to North LA on the 17th, we decided to transfer the VA plate holes onto my pretty blue panel. If I want to hide the lines better later on, I'll just have to get another plate and have Kevin paint it to match. We tried both polished and painted allen head bolts to hold the plate to the firewall, but decided on the painted. I still need to install the condenser and make up some lines next weekend, then I can get it charged and finally have A/C in the Blazer.
Here's a few shots of the progress this weekend.