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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.... A's, G's & E's


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    Post by BvrWally Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:42 am

    A couple of my A-100 Friends suggested I do this "Upgrade"? It involved using a late 60's Mopar Rear Defroster blower. I found one on E-bay and reconditioned it then did the install last week! The purpose was to get the Heat out of the Dog house and vent it into the "Frame Rail"! My friends had already performed this upgrade and I wanted to duplicate what they had done! I'm sure that this would work on ANY early Van as well??!! Here are my photos:
    Heat Evacuation "Upgrade"! Defrostermotor6

    Heat Evacuation "Upgrade"! Locatingcenterlineofframerail

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    Heat Evacuation "Upgrade"! Blowerscreeninstalled2

    Heat Evacuation "Upgrade"! DogHousePanel1

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    Heat Evacuation "Upgrade"! Bloweradapter

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    Heat Evacuation "Upgrade"! Blowerinstalled20June2014
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    Post by Vanish Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:19 am

    You Know Rollie ,,,, That Looks Pretty Darn Good !!!!! Hows it work Have you put it to the test ???? Looks like it would work well !!!!!

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    Post by BvrWally Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:00 am

    I have not tested it as of yet, due to the inclement weather here in NE Ohio, but Scotty & Dix have done the same upgrade and swear by it! Smile
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    Post by Vanish Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:31 am

    You Know .... on that Dog House .. it Just Looks like it belongs There ... Nice Job !!!!!!!! & Great Idea !!!!!

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    Post by BvrWally Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:35 am

    Thanks, the little lady was happy with it I know!! Smile
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    Post by dix Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:54 pm

    YES I'm glad to see it worked out, I did receive the phone call while in route to bakers and forgot to call you back. SO your welcome, and once again some Scottie 8 door engineering, i'm glad every thing worked out, Dix..


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    Post by BvrWally Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:21 am

    Yepper, Scotty is the man with his ideas for sure!!!!! Smile
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    Post by Gileadgarage Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:51 pm

    That is a nice install! Funny, I have the same defroster from an imperial and planning to do the same thing.

    I was not sure if going out the back would be better, but it would be in the way. That spot where you have yours fits it really well, blower fits nice there.

    My only concern is that the motor may not be explosion proof? I doubt it would be an issue, but sometimes i get some pretty good gas fumes in that dog house. I suppose the alt brushes are arcing in there too so what is the difference...
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    Post by BvrWally Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:42 pm

    The motor is sealed pretty good, so I don't think that would be an issue! IMHO
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    Post by tdc Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:29 am

    it seems like it would be pretty noisy with a fan inside the cab like that. might be worth it though, if it works well!
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    Post by dix Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:03 pm

    the motor runs very quite


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    Post by tdc Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:38 pm

    I just remember the rear defroster in my 67 Belvedere being loud as fuuu, but it definitely could have been that my motor was going out or something.
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    Post by itruns Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:27 pm

    Cool!

    (as in fashionably attractive AND of low temperature)
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    Post by diamond dave Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:46 pm

    I was trying to find you to ask you about that amazing contraption after I saw it at Cortland. Im gonna do something similar as soon as I finish up some other projects that I have in line. great engineering.
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    Post by BvrWally Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:17 pm

    Yes, I was wanting to catch up with you as well?? LOL Being part of the "Host Club" puts a damper on things?? I'm glad that you had a good time! See you at Butler for sure!
    diamond dave wrote:I was trying to find you to ask you about that amazing contraption after I saw it at Cortland. Im gonna do something similar as soon as I finish up some other projects that I have in line. great engineering.
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