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@mangusta posted:

Ooops! Missed replying to the AC thing.....

1) NEVER have seen AC venting at door jambs.  Yet.   Not that they were not put in place by the factory, but this is the first that I have ever seen mention of it.   Not sure what all Bill L has seen or owned, but pic's would be super!   I always wanted to put a vent on the drivers side of the steering wheel!

2) AC Fan Motor: YESSS!!!!! This is the ONE, ok ONE of the things that dearly could use more HP!!!  The fan motor for blowing cold air into the cabin fails......  I had heard of a guy in Santa Cruz that could rewind them to get more RPM's but failed to push it further.  TOOOO much apart....needed to go back together....

In the end, with new rotary pump, new hoses, lubed bushings in the condensor fan out back, and a good charge of R12.....  that AC unit blew cold air something fierce....sorta like a small kitten.......when it needed to blow LIKE A BIG LION!!!!     Many times while driving the Goose, it was simply easier to roll the window down just to have fresh air blowing around vs trying to kid yourself that that measly sickly fan motor would push enuf air to cool the cabin down!!!!

I wish I could have spent more time exploring another electric motor for that feature! It sorely needs it.

Ciao!
Steve

I'll take some pics of the side vents and manifold...  It's definitely NOT some homebrew setup...  I'm wondering if it was a design used on the Ghibli or other such cars that DeT decided to try out on a goose... 

Lee and I both have the solid wood steering wheels...  No leather sections at all...  So DeT wasn't above randomly trying different things...

MH

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