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Post by Sam Bee on Dec 22, 2017 13:42:57 GMT
When I bought my P5B Coupe in 1993, as the thrird owner, it had an airconditioning unit but as the second owner had replaced the V8 engine with a SD1 unit he had removed all the bits in the engine compartment. However! The car came with everything in a box, and the original engine. As part of the complete renovation which I have now embarked upon it will all be reinstated. The evaporator is a Frigiking unit, similar to those fitted in Mercedes, Volvos etc of the time. Everything forward is the same as that which Rover factory-fitted in any P6B with Aircon. I have the Frigiking parts catalogue, fitting and operating instructions, together with the warranty certificate from the fitting company - "Hoopes, of London NW6". The certificate is dated 27.7.1973 and records speedometer as shewing '150 miles'. Car built 11.7.1973, left Solihul on 13.7.1973 for delivery to Eastbourne agency (Note that P5 production ceased 22.7.1973). Question is - are there any other P5 cars in the British Isles known that are so fitted? Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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Post by stan on Dec 29, 2017 19:23:24 GMT
When I bought my P5B Coupe in 1993, as the thrird owner, it had an airconditioning unit but as the second owner had replaced the V8 engine with a SD1 unit he had removed all the bits in the engine compartment. However! The car came with everything in a box, and the original engine. As part of the complete renovation which I have now embarked upon it will all be reinstated. The evaporator is a Frigiking unit, similar to those fitted in Mercedes, Volvos etc of the time. Everything forward is the same as that which Rover factory-fitted in any P6B with Aircon. I have the Frigiking parts catalogue, fitting and operating instructions, together with the warranty certificate from the fitting company - "Hoopes, of London NW6". The certificate is dated 27.7.1973 and records speedometer as shewing '150 miles'. Car built 11.7.1973, left Solihul on 13.7.1973 for delivery to Eastbourne agency (Note that P5 production ceased 22.7.1973). Question is - are there any other P5 cars in the British Isles known that are so fitted? View AttachmentView AttachmentThat must be very rare? Aircon in the UK haha that would imply hot weather.... we only have the manual version ie open a quarter light
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Post by p5bcoupe on Jan 7, 2018 12:39:13 GMT
Hi Sam,
interesting that the parcel shelf needed to be cut away to fit the aircon unit.
I have a complete aircon set up locked away with my spares, it looks almost identical to yours but then again I guess all vehicles of that era had the same unit.Never got around to fitting it to any of my previous P5's or P5B's but assumed it would sit on top of the parcel shelf and not require any structural changes.
Perhaps it's time to take a closer look at my unit and measure up for fitting.
Best of luck in getting it all functioning again.
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Post by enigmas on Jan 7, 2018 13:51:30 GMT
Here's a non OEM aircon system in my MK3 coupe (P76 V8 fitted). The unit is manfactured by Unicla and was originally fitted to a 1980s Ford Econovan/Mazda E1600 as aftermarket. I removed it and adapted it to my Rover when I sold the van.
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Post by Ken Nelson on Jan 7, 2018 21:51:37 GMT
The parts car that came with my Rover P5 Coupe had an A/C unit fitted to it and the interior unit did fit on the parcel shelf, and seemed clearly designed to do so. I have it somewhere stored in a box. May try to use it some day perhaps.
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Post by Sam Bee on Jan 7, 2018 22:54:43 GMT
I guessed there probably must be others in GB, but no others so far that were actually fitted before delivery, twixt factory and delivery to customer. One could surmise that there possibly was liaison with the factory to provide the P6 under bonnet parts required, especially with the time interval of only 12 days for fitting before delivery. At a long shot I am wondering if Hoopers still have records, noting that they have had a couple of company restructurings since? My parcel shelf is cut away, very neatly as can be seen, but the 'crash rail trimmed assembly' is in one piece as per normal and leaves the control panel seen as if above the parcel shelf, with the lower part of the unit hidden by the standard trimmed unit over the tunnel. I should have taken a photo before I stripped that out!
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Post by Warwick on Jan 8, 2018 6:13:27 GMT
Here's mine. It's a Clyde-Vornado. Installation was organised by the dealer, Regent Motors of Melbourne, immediately prior to being delivered to the car's original owner in 1970. Attachment Deleted
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Post by Sam Bee on Jan 8, 2018 20:04:32 GMT
Warwick, that's very neat.
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Post by Warwick on Jan 8, 2018 23:24:45 GMT
Yes, they did a good job, Sam. But I suppose they had to. A brand new, expensive car, with the air-con ordered through the Rover dealer. The tool kit and picnic tray was relocated under the glovebox.
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Post by pietervdv on Aug 1, 2021 11:38:13 GMT
I'm planning to have a Vintage Air air conditioning unit installed and I'm looking for members of this forum who have gone through this process and can show me detailed pictures of the installation. The restorer needs to know where to make a hole for the tube to go into the interior. Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by Sam Bee on Aug 2, 2021 22:14:51 GMT
Evening Pieter. I will dig out some photos tomorrow.
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Post by pietervdv on Aug 3, 2021 13:30:40 GMT
Evening Pieter. I will dig out some photos tomorrow. That would be brilliant! It's holding up everything now, as the car is ready for paint and the airco unit itself is only due to arrive in September. Any modifications needed should be done before the paint job. Same goes for the Retrosound speakers that are going in, but that shouldn't be too difficult.
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Post by Sam Bee on Aug 3, 2021 20:35:45 GMT
Pieter, I have some photos for you. The pipes to the compressor are taken along the left hand side of the engine bay as the compressor is mounted on that side of the engine. My receiver drier is fixed to the inner wing, aft of the power streering reservoir, connection being about the same level as to holes for the pipes in the bulkhead. Mine was installed by Hoopers of London in 1973. They found it convenient to cut the holes for the pipes in the steering column blanking plate as in the last photo. If you are LH drive then that will not be an option though!
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Post by pietervdv on Aug 5, 2021 19:11:13 GMT
Pieter, I have some photos for you. The pipes to the compressor are taken along the left hand side of the engine bay as the compressor is mounted on that side of the engine. My receiver drier is fixed to the inner wing, aft of the power streering reservoir, connection being about the same level as to holes for the pipes in the bulkhead. Mine was installed by Hoopers of London in 1973. They found it convenient to cut the holes for the pipes in the steering column blanking plate as in the last photo. If you are LH drive then that will not be an option though!
Thanks a million, really helpful!
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