Sat. was AC under dash and plumbing out the firewall. Then we put the fender well in!! Got Wesley to do the hard stuff so he can appreciate the cold air this summer. :yes:

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Wesley started painting the trunk.

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Thats my hot chic wife and my baby's mama in the back checking out her little man. :sad:

Sunday afternoon we put in the Bumper filler and Grille, man what a pain in the ....

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Kit did not come with the metal clips for the headlight bezels so will get to the hardware store Monday and install them PM. Any advice before we install the bumper???? :D

Your car looks great and I love the color :yes::thumbsup:

Your car looks great and I love the color :yes::thumbsup:

Thanks, we love it too. I wanted a stockish Monaco Orange and Wesley wanted a more modern pearl type shine so my painter came up with this custom Candy Orange Pearl. The sunlight makes it flip to a copper/gold orange. :D

Looks awesome.

Quick question: How did you mount the AC under the dash? What did you do on the backside where it's supposed to mount to the firewall. I have my vintage air sitting in a box and that's my next project I have to tackle. No need to reinvent the wheel if there is already a good solution out there.

Your getting closer, Kent!:thumbsup:

Love the color!

Looks awesome.

Quick question: How did you mount the AC under the dash? What did you do on the backside where it's supposed to mount to the firewall. I have my vintage air sitting in a box and that's my next project I have to tackle. No need to reinvent the wheel if there is already a good solution out there.

My bodyman took a plasma cutter and cut the lip around the heater box to smooth the firewall. Then he placed a flat peice of metal from inside and welded it in.
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Then he smoothed the firewall with filler.

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Then he hung the AC box with the small bracket on the front of the unit, you can see it is attached to the brace on the dash at the left side of the glove box near the top with a long bolt...

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and with the 4 bolts screwed into the attaching plate mounted on the AC unit on the back marked it's (the large mounting bracket on the back) placement on the firewall. Then he removed the large rear bracket from the unit and used an expensive ($50.00 per tube, you get two applicators per tube and I was able to split the cost with a buddy!) epoxy glue to attach the bracket to the firewall without having to drill mounting holes thru the firewall. We let it dry for a few days.

Now installing it is a pain in the ..... :D

Looks really good Kent! Nice job all around.

Man, man, man man, You are kicking some butt. Great work. Looks sweeet!!!!

I don't know from experience, but my friend with a 69 Road Runner over tightened the bolts on his new bumber and the chrome craked and peeled. Be carefull.

I don't know from experience, but my friend with a 69 Road Runner over tightened the bolts on his new bumber and the chrome craked and peeled. Be carefull.

Thanks for that info, I will tell my son tonight to remind me not to overtighten them. :yes:

Very nice looking car and I like the AC setup. Keep the pictures coming.
Ray

I don't know from experience, but my friend with a 69 Road Runner over tightened the bolts on his new bumber and the chrome craked and peeled. Be carefull.

what i did was to first tape cardboard to the fenders were the bumper wrap around. i also painted the inside of the bumper with silver por-15 to seal the inside of it. i installed brackets to the bumper and with 2 helpers slide it in as a unit. plus bumper bolts have a low torque spec i believe about 40 ft. pounds. your doing a great job the car is a show piece.

Very nice looking car and I like the AC setup. Keep the pictures coming.
Ray

Hey Ray what color seats and door panels will you have? PUI or Lengendary or something else? I have not bought mine yet.

Then he removed the large rear bracket from the unit and used an expensive ($50.00 per tube, you get two applicators per tube and I was able to split the cost with a buddy!) epoxy glue to attach the bracket to the firewall without having to drill mounting holes thru the firewall. We let it dry for a few days.

Now installing it is a pain in the ..... :D

Thanks for clarifying. I had a different plan. How well do you think it will hold up over time? I'm guessing there probably isn't that much stress on those brackets.

Thanks for clarifying. I had a different plan. How well do you think it will hold up over time? I'm guessing there probably isn't that much stress on those brackets.

Mike my bodyman said he had done many of them in the past with ZERO problems. I ask him about the glue and he said that most of my Corvette was glued together, enough said...

I'll have to add that to my list of possible solutions.

Excellent!!!!!!!