alini Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I wanted to make the car look as original as possible while having as much new or unique touches. Things Riviera guys will notice but the general public would think was stock. Going with Vintage air was a budget call since everything in my AC system needed to be replaced due to dry rot, cracked, broken hardware. I read all the post on the install by folks, to help guide me but the fine details werent there, which is fine I would want to have fun figuring it. So I looked at the control panel and this is how I mounted mine. I removed the guts from the factory panel. I cut out the center bar, so the VA panel fit snug and centered. I then cut out a piece of sheetmetal with the relief of the factory panel (trapezoid) and the hole for the new panel. I secured the sheetmetal to the original panel via jb weld, and then fitted the VA panel into the sheetmetal using their supplied clip. Cant be much cleaner than this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapom Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 That looks great. It really does look like it could be factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gord14080 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Looks great,nice job on the veneer also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockitRiviera Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Excellent...keep going...you're making my restoration easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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