What you are doing with the power ventilation?

 

Will be sealing it up along with the non-A/C lower dash and boxing it for storage so if and when I sell the car the factory parts are there if someone wants to put her back as originally manufactured.

 

Since you're not keeping it stock, I'd use a Sanden type compressor.

 

You’ll get more replies in the main forum, I’ll move you over.

 

My '68 KR has factory a/c, with the original compressor, and it performs smoothly and flawlessly. So if you're trying to stay as "true to original" as you can, I wouldn't plop a Sanden under the hood.

Also, if you're close to stock bore you shouldn't have any hot-running issues whatsoever.

Sounds like you've already got most of the bits you need. The only thing different between small block and big block are the brackets and pulleys.

I'd go for it. And yes, you can run modern refrigerant in the old compressor. I'd call Classic Auto Air for advice and for rebuilding necessary components.

 

All of my ford's that have original Ford ac systems converted to 134a blow the the aftermarket systems out of the water. I'd add a sanden compressor and refurbish the rest.

 

Lucky for me the Classic air folks have their A/C refurbish facility about 30 minutes away from me. Which is less than 15 minutes from where my car is being restored. Just dropped off all of the A/C parts yesterday to be restored.

Does anyone have pics they can share of a finished install on their 428CJ? Curious about a few things.

Thanks in advance.

 

I dont think there were a lot of Mustangs with a CJ and AC. You might look for Shelby pictures

 

My advice is to never try to use old a/c parts except the vents and dash for an original look inside the car. I had a 71 ranchero with factory a/c I spent thousands of dollars upgrading the a/c from the f-12 to r-134. What a nightmare. Every part failed one at a time after the initial conversion. Each time costing me time and money. Factory a/c is ancient technology. It uses vacuum to operate the controls. The compressor is 1960s technology. On my next car, a 70 Torino, I went with a complete a/c system from vintage air. Everything was new and worked perfectly. I used the old vents, but everything was new everywhere else. I loved it. Newer compressors are way more efficient.

 

One area that I've run into using the factory evaporator and a Sanden compressor, is the hose and fitting sizes. The low pressure large line at the firewall to compressor is a #8, while the low pressure fitting on the compressor is a #10. You might say just get a #8 to #10 fitting which is shown in the parts catalog. The problem is that the dealers and manufacturers don't have this part available. I'm going to cut and splice 2 fittings to make mine.