HHi guys
I want to run aircon on my v8 HX van. What is the correct unit for the HX?
Any pictures would be great
Cheers

I really need to hunt down the right thing if I can. If the only option is vintage air I'd go without

Griffo what are you using under the bonnet? Do you have the correct compressor , cooler and dryer etc?
That unit looks like a nice option.

Edited by user Saturday, 24 February 2018 1:11:56 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I'm about to embark on fitting a Vintage air unit in my HK GTS. I plan to run a full serpentine pulley setup as it will have steer as well.

Like this, not the main picture, the one down on the left:

https://www.vintageair.c...t-runner/?subcat1=Chevy Small Block&subcat2=Black Small Block

Was air an option on HK Monaro Byron?
I was wandering Ballarat swap and noticed there was a fair bit of HQ-WB aircon stuff but I didn't have a clue what was right or wrong so left it. I need to be more clued up for the next swap

Yes it was, see here. Ugly as and you can't run a console with tacho:
http://oldholden.com/ohfiles/IMG_3852.jpg

Have a read here:
https://www.streetmachin...t-in-your-car-tech-talk

Have a look at Brad's HJ Premier on this page attached of his build thread. You can hardly see the evaporator:
https://www.aussiev8.com...5-my-hj-premier-56.html

If you Google well you can find where rather than weld up the original heater mount like Brad has you can re-purpose the airbox, Google "Vintage Air HZ Holden", second image.

Vintage air sell some really nice controls. I plan to use one of them in place of the factory HK heater controls:
http://www.srbymichael.c...199/mode=prod/prd31.htm

I plan to use Belmont firewall blanks that go where the HK heater box goes, use the top one for a cold air intake for the engine and the lower to mount one of these for gas and hot water:
https://www.vintageair.c...tings/?subcat1=Bulkhead Plates&subcat2=4-Way Diamond

Holden actually fitted the Sanden standard to late WB. It’s similar if not the same as VK Commodore.I have converted mine from the big Delco unit to a Sanden. The mounts are completely different. The compressor sits on top of the engine. It’s actually miles better to work on. It didn’t run the AC as well though. It’s currently not working as it got regassed with that propane mix gas and then froze up and wrecked the compressor.
I pulled a system out of a WB Statesman and retro fitted it to my WB Ute. I would do it again unless that new underdash system can be fitted without too much modification.
Fitting the standard Holden system is a big job. Dash needs to be completely removed, converted from cable control to vacuum. The evaporater unit is far from easy to fit with the engine in. Even drilling the hole through the middle of the fire wall for the vacuum hoses is not easy.
Then you find after a few months that one of the vacuum modules for the vents has died, you then get to pull it all back out to replace it. Or if you have a cam that doesn’t make much vacuum, every time you give it a boot full, you lose vacuum and all the face vents close and send all the air to your feet.

Edited by user Sunday, 25 February 2018 1:15:24 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

This is the unit I want to use. If you click on "more info" it brings up a picture and CAD drawings with dimensions.

https://www.vintageair.c...der-series/?subcat1=Gen II Compac

You can get dummy 'glass units to dummy fit and make up all your brackets. Then the unit goes in easy.

The Mini unit is a few inches smaller again.

In a Holden the fan will sit over basically behind and to the left of the radio. The two vents pointing downwards do the passenger's floor. The two smaller ones at the top you plumb to the windscreen vents (blank one if onely using one). The three bigger ones go to your face level outlets. On the HK I will blank two of the three big ones and one small one. One small one to the windscreen, one big one across to driver's side feet and have the passenger's feet done by the unit. A HK has no face level vents like a HQ-WB. If you could plumb it through the centre console you may get a small duct to the rear seats and out the ashtray hole. You can buy a diverter duct for the bottom too that sends the air across from the bottom to the other side. Another option for a HK for a dash vent is to use the "Gen II 4 Knob Under Dash Pod With Louver" on the 4th row down on the above link, it would fit directly between the tacho and the ashtray and give you one outlet plus controls.

Looks neat but I could live with punching holes in the floor for the drain pipes having to mount the fan/thermostat switch in the dash. No doubt it works well though.

If you rounded off the ends on the new strap at the rear, one would be hard pressed to tell the difference from a factory fitment.
It's neater than some of the aftermarket brackets used in the 80s. Nice job inside too.