1969 Charger A/C Questions

[marshallfry01]

I'm at a cross roads on what to do with my a/c. My car is an original R/T 440 car with factory a/c. Unfortunately all of the a/c components under the hood are long gone. It was like that when I bought it. I would like to take the a/c system back to an original/factory style if possible... but my question is how hard is it to find original a/c components? What isn't reproduced? If it's going to be a wild goose chase trying to find good quality OEM parts I'll just go with vintage air. If you know of anyone that has an original a/c system for sale let me know. I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions on this as well. Thanks in advance.

[cdr]

just put a sanden compressor set up on it. use the original under dash set up.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Took me a few years to find the underhood components on my '69.

The hardest part were the suction & discharge lines.   They are 1 year only & 383-440 only.   Second hardest were the compressor brackets.  69-70 only & the rear bracket is 440 only.

Mine is back on there for show.  I would need to get the rubber sections redone as I'm sure they are porous.  Doing so I believe you will loose the factory "round" style crimp....the newer crimp tools do not reproduce the original style....I could be wrong about that though  

[John_Kunkel]

just put a sanden compressor set up on it. use the original under dash set up.

  But be aware you'll need to add a clutch cycling switch. Also, if the firewall fittings have been open (uncapped) for any length of time, you'll need to flush the evaporator before charging the system with refrigerant.