Dear cwmcobra, Milton, and mid-60s Buick fans,
Thanks for your praise. Sure hope someday I actually can get the car to be operable once more.
Some really nice work there, Edouard! What does the custom compressor bracket look like?
I don't know anything about the compressor bracket besides the fact it is a welded "splice" between a standard Buick big-block compressor bracket and the the bracket that Vintage Air supplies with the GTO kit. Jim Weise custom built the bracket before shipping the engine he built for me. There is a guy on V-8 Buick who does make a bracket for the big-block. I don't know if he would consider coming up with a bracket for any other Buick engine, but you might get in touch with him. He goes by the handle longhorn I believe.
Your Radio sure looks a lot better than your early one. Did you have to modify the dash panel? How about the Speakers?
The radio is a Custom Autosound 630 that you can buy today. It will fit into the dash panel without any modification. However, it won't look as nice as it will with a few modifications. I documented the changes I made on this thread on V-8 Buick:
http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?268438-FYI-Custom-Autosound-mods-for-improved-authenticityThe front speakers are once more the Custom Autosound kick-panel speakers that you can buy for the 1964-67 A-bodies. They have "fish-gill" vents for the cars that didn't come with factory air. You have the choice of two speaker models or you can just buy the panels and buy your own speakers. If you decide to upgrade a car that didn't have factory air to an after-market A/C system, I do recommend going with the fish-gill style of kick-panels because that will allow you to use your fresh air vents the car was originally equipped with. As far as I know, all the after-market A/C systems only provide recirculation so having the original air vents is the only way to bring some fresh air into the car besides opening the windows.
The Glove Box looks very useful. Did you cut it down or are they available that way?
The glove box liner is a completely custom. I made it from sheet metal after realizing that the original was 2 inches too deep. It is based on the original Buick cardboard design but is adjusted to squeeze into the limited space. I never have documented that modification, but I have the templates for making the box if anyone is interested and I have a lot of photos documenting how I did it.
Thanks again,
Cheers, Edouard