Hey Guys,
My wife and I love getting in our 1975 302 XB, but when we went out for lunch on Australia Day we never wanted to get back in after a stinking hot day so we have both decided to install air conditioning.
I think the XA's are the same as an XB (not too sure if the XC is) and ZD- ZF-ZG ford Fairlane maybe the same too.
If you want to sell a full air con kit to fit into my XB, you can contact me on [email protected]

Cheers Phill.

Hi Docktor

Thanks for getting back to me, I live in Sydney and I hope you do too, sorry for not mentioning that but if you live in country NSW I would be prepared to drive for a pickup! if not we maybe able to arrange something else, I would like to dismantle the whole kit if I can because then I would know how it all goes back together.

Cheers Phill.

Hi Dcktor,
Hmm, well, ok, well I can ask my wife to go for a drive with many clothes and shoes (like always) in the boot and find ourselfs in Melbourne, lol, but that wont be for a while, and your dash etc might be better condition than mine! I would like to ask you how much do you want for the kit? so if you can email me a contact number I can call you or just stick with the emails, what ever you prefer, so we can put this square peg in a round hole,
oh! I just thinking if you would be prepared to box it up if I was to arrange a delivery?

Cheers Phill.

Oh if I only had the cash. Id really like factory air in my XB too. The vinyl has been a tad sticky this sumer.
What sort of cash were you wanting Henry and where in QLD are you again? This is a pipe dream the way my finances are at the moment. Havent even got that much to trade except a set of reconditioned XB GT tramp rods and a rear wing. Suppose it cant hurt to ask.

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Sob sob about 15 years ago I chucked out an underdash A/C unit complete. It followed the contours of the XA/XB dash and I swear it was "Selectaire" brand (dealer fitted maybe?).

I couldnt even get $50 for it and I was moving house so it had to go.

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Hi
Want $450 for air con set up

I bought a factory aircon dash from Ebay about 18 months ago, including the crashpad, glove box and guages for $450, was a GT dash too, so though I thought it expensive at the time, I think it was pretty good buying now.
Just be careful on these complete aircon setups on Ebay as more often than not they are missing the aircon/heater tap, which is a pretty rare part. There is regularly one on Ebay for sale that a bloke wants $238 for, so as you can see, an original factory setup wont be cheap, probably going to cost you near on a thousand bucks by the time you get everything.
Keeping in mind that there is a very good chance that some of the parts on these complete setups will be stuffed anyway, so think good and hard before plunging on a set if half of it will end up in the bin.
Compressors didnt change for several years after XB, the same into the XD/XE model, I believe, so source a later model one of those as its probably done less miles.
Ducting is hard to come by and draws good money but if you are going to keep the car just use that flex tube you buy at bunnings, heaps cheaper and easier to fit.

"My comments here must not be taken seriously as I dont own a panel shop and dont have a picture of my car in the members section"

No Paul I havent, but I cant see any reason why it couldnt, even if you did have to do a bit of tweaking and fabricating. I thought seriously about doing just that until I stumbled on a NOS aircon tap for $35, still in its box.
Also, a mate of mine who restores these cars for a living has more times than I can remember told me that aircon set-ups of that era were crap, so you could go all out on getting that perfect factory setup and then have a critical part crap itself and your back to square one trying to locate another part!
If you are building a car that will be driven, go for a set-up that looks the same or very similar to original but is reliable and replacement parts can be found easily. The expense just doesnt justify the outcome for this bit of kit.

"My comments here must not be taken seriously as I dont own a panel shop and dont have a picture of my car in the members section"

No good if ya not allowed to look at it mate. I realise they are worth a few bucks, depends on what you call dear. I want around 1K for my complete dash including aircon,gt instrumentation ,both gt loom and front loom as well etc. It just sits there in the shed. Bear in mind it has super fringe radio etc before you fellas start hangin it on me for my price. :)

Try backloading it on a greyhound bus. Bus companies used to do that or has that been now stopped as it made too much sense?

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