Dear mid-60s Buick owners who like to be cool in the summer
(and I do mean literally!)
Rob Siegel has a new series on the Hagerty's website. This time he is discussing how to get a classic car's air conditioning working again. There is an introduction that you'll find here:
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/04/23/fixing-vintage-air-conditionerThe introduction includes a bit of Rob's history in becoming interested in restoring vintage air conditioners. Rob is a BMW collector and that normally would make this advice off the mark for our community. However, BMW engineering wasn't at the top of its game when it came to the air conditioners of early BMWs. So Rob has some tips to get the most out of even systems that are not very efficient by today's standards.
The second installment provides a very well written discussion of how automobile air conditioners work:
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/04/30/how-ac-works-in-your-vintage-carMost of us are familiar with the components but Rob does a good job laying out the pieces. He also explains the principles of how an air conditioner works. It is important to understand the process because that's one of the main reasons air conditioners are so complex.
The third installment covers the twisted issues associated with refrigerants:
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/05/07/air-conditioning-dos-and-donts-refrigerants-and-the-lawI'll add the additional installments as Rob posts them. In addition, Rob has written a new book on repairing vintage car air conditioners. You can buy it on Amazon:
http://a.co/idLVqolOf course you want the utterly unique coffee table book, you can even buy personally autographed copies of Rob's book from Rob's own website:
http://www.robsiegel.com/Although you might have something of a hard sell actually trying to put that book on your coffee table from . . . .
"She Who Must Be Obeyed!" . . . .
Cheers, Edouard
