Vintage Air install help!

[awr68]

I bought a Gen II Vintage Air kit for my 68 Camaro from my local dealer, and since it's not the Sure Fit kit I have a few questions. I have installed the evaporator, but now it seems the glove box won't fit back in, is this common? Also, they sent me some round plastic duct fittings that are for the Astro vents but no explination on how they work, do you still use the black plastic elbow that has the flapper door in it? You must since it's what retains the ball in the vent? Ok, now for the defrost vents, do you guys actually use these 'camaro' vents and if so how do you mount them? I'm a little worried they wont look good viewed threw the windshield since they don't fit the dash opening perfectly and are on the shinny side.

Also, I used the DSE bracket to mount the evaporator, fit perfectly! In hind site I should have bought the whole VA package from DSE and not my local dealer since they only deal with 'restorations' and have never dealt with anything other than the Sure Fit kits. At least DSE would have sent the right install manual and had all the answers if I still had questions!

Thanks in advance!

[jannes_z-28]

Hi Tony, I am having the same problem as you.

Forget the glovebox it will not have any room, maybe a really short one that can fit a thin wallet maybe.

The defroster ducts that comes with the kit are not going to fit any good. I will fabricate new ones from sheetmetal that will fit the holes in the dash better.

I removed the black elbows and doors that goes thru the cowl and will cover those holes. The '69 has other vents and I will do some adapters for them to fit the VA hose.

Lot of fabrication to make it fit but it will be good. I made my own bracket for the unit and it will move the unit more to the center of the car. It will infact be room for a glovebox about a third in size.

Good Luck


Jan

[Van B]

I ordered the stuff from Kyle at DSE and he sent some defrost outlets that are made for a first gen. I will be installing them tomorrow. As for the Astro vent adapters, I have the same question as you. It seems as though they are too small to fit to any of the combination of ducts that are inside the Astro vents. I planned to call DSE on Monday.

[awr68]

Originally Posted by Van B

I ordered the stuff from Kyle at DSE and he sent some defrost outlets that are made for a first gen. I will be installing them tomorrow. As for the Astro vent adapters, I have the same question as you. It seems as though they are too small to fit to any of the combination of ducts that are inside the Astro vents. I planned to call DSE on Monday.

Go here and look at page 23, it explaines what to do to get the astro vents to work. There is also info on a two piece glove box that VA supplies in the Sure Fit kit...would you please ask DSE if they know of it and what they recommend we do about this issue.

[Van B]

Here is a picture of the defrost vents. The univeral ones come with the kit and I assume that the bottom ones are part of the sure fit kit.

[awr68]

yeah the top ones are the universile and the bottom are the first gen vents, I have those and decided to use them. The drivers side worked better than the passenger side, for that one I had to make a bracket.