[hendoIV]

Have been driving this crusty old gold 69 GTO for the last year as my regular driver. My father's regular driver is a 40 Hudson street rod with a chopped top. Which he has driven for the last 9 years, 103,500 miles. Literally drives it year round winter, summer. Anyway he's been encouraging me to install one for several years. Well for the most part I like my 69 GTO's as made, original. However I finally gave in to the heat...

Purchased and installed a Chevelle, Gen IV kit from Vintage Air. The kit was for a 68 Chevelle w/o air, w/astro ventilation. Due to the placement of the compressor on the passenger side, the 68 kit seemed like the best choice. It arrived on Friday via UPS. Was installed and ready for evacuation and charging with 134 on Sunday night. However it was a long weekend.

Had to fabricate L brackets to mount the Chevelle specific in dash controls. The fitment of the controls in the dash is not bad. One draw back is the White Vintage Air logo on the left side of the control panel - it shows slightly when levers are centered in the dash opening. However have plans to use black Sharpie marker and lessen the logo tonight.

Photos attached of the basic install. All seemed to fit well. Did have to modify the wiring harness provided slightly due to battery location, as compared to a Chevelle. The glove box still fits, just not installing until the system is evacuated and charged on Wednesday.

Does produce a powerful flow of air. Now that it's installed, pretty excited to see how much cooling the air conditioning will produce. Car has all new weather stripping, dynamat, carpet. So it should be sealed up tightly.