Guest dukeofo Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 I am looking at a GM pickup from late eighties that doesn't have AC. I want to trailer my 90 Reatta Conv to Flint this up coming nat'l meet in Flint.Question: Where can I have an AC option added to a 88 Chevy pickup? I don't mean factory...... just AC that works.thanksDennis O' <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 The only thing that comes to mind is an underdash street rod a/c unit like Vintage Air sells. Possible they might have a kit for the GM truck.Maybe it's the part of the world I live in, but I can't remember seeing a non-factory air vehicle for at least 20 years. Even the company work trucks have it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 In 1986 the State of PA started buying a/c cars for its state agencies because once retired the non-a/c cars had become unsalable. In the age of ECM's and other "computer controlled" vehicle functions, non-a/c cars had too many unique parts to even be of value to auto recyclers! God knows they weren't buying the a/c units for us! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />It would be a very tricky operation to retrofit an a/c unit to a truck of this era. The idle speed would have to be adjusted to compensate for the compressor drag, which I doubt is still possible by 1988. If so you may be able to use an aftermarket unit, but your idle speed without the unit running (or currently engaged) will be excessive. Also as such if you happen to live in an area with emissions inspections, you'd be very unlikely to pass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novaman Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Rocketraider, everyhting having a/c within the past 20 years is a southern thing. When I left NY in 1987, the dealership I had been working for sold trucks without a/c. Most all cars had it but not the trucks yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Dukeofo! Vintage air or even Southern Air has kits for all those early Chevy pickups that will fit perfectly and look factory inside the cab. Street Rodder magazine has the best advertising for aftermarket/modified equipment. Don't suffer son, do it. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 OK,someone has to ask might as well be me. What is a 1990 Reatta? Does it have air? If so it is two years newer than the pickup why go throught all that trouble and expence draging a trailer around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Come on Bob, you know all those Buicks are show cars, don't you? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 i belive this will work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Ya mean SLOW cars if you have to trail them. Just got my youngest a 1991 Chevy and it flies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Tommy,Does that installation mess up the gun rack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Tommy1937! Please help turn Billy Bob around onto the I 95 "south" ramp. His brother, Bubba Joe has been waiting for him and the "reinforcements" at Smokin' Joe's Bar & Grill since Saturday night. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 "has kits for all those early Chevy pickups that will fit perfectly and look factory inside the cab"....1988 is an "early" Chevy PU ? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />I guess that makes my pre-Space Age Chevy pick-ups positively pre-historic!(1941,'49,'54, '55.1, '72....no factory air except what you get from the holes in the cab floor and from the open windows!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Desoto Frank, anything 10 years old or older is prehistoric in our current throw away society. Our '88 Chyrsler needed an A/C receiver dryer and expansion valve last year, and we couldn't find one anywhere, either through dealers or the internet. I sent the daughter to University of Arkansas with it for the winter. If it gets hot she can handle it. I'll probably "jerry rig" some of my Peterbilt parts to get it working again. The street rodder comes out of me every now and again. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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