Has Anyone Seen This AC Console Before?

[ClayW]

On eBay:

*Click on the image for the ad.

[Mich]

No, but for me it looks very ugly, 80's and like it was taken from totally different car.

My 02 cents..

[ClayW]

No, but for me it looks very ugly, 80's and like it was taken from totally different car.

My 02 cents..

Agreed. I'm thinking of how everything must me routed under and through that dash......ouch. Plus, no place in which my crap can slide around while I'm driving!

[FunElan]

I kinda like it.

[jgerock]

Can't zoom in close enough to see the logo on the right side.

There is a brochure/manual or instructions in the trunk - don't know if it is for KLIPPEN (sp) seat belts or for something else.

[Dicks]

to me it just looks like a standard short, early console without a radio. Someone replaced the front piece with some wood or something.

[jgerock]

to me it just looks like a standard short, early console without a radio. Someone replaced the front piece with some wood or something.

The shifter console is normally where the aftermarket A/C units are located.

This particular car has the A/C vents in an unusual enclosure on the dashboard parcel shelf.

[dp]

The shifter console is normally where the aftermarket A/C units are located.

This particular car has the A/C vents in an unusual enclosure on the dashboard parcel shelf.

JC Whitney-style add-on circa early 80's

[AndyS]

mechanical parts were in the glovebox location, I had a 1600 with the remnants of one of these in it. The remnants were a huge hole and lots of rust, he he.

[jgerock]

mechanical parts were in the glovebox location, I had a 1600 with the remnants of one of these in it. The remnants were a huge hole and lots of rust, he he.

If there was a single source for "I used to have" or "I had one of those a while back", YOU would be it.

[AndyS]

that is a good lookin' pick up! here is the only shot I could find of the remnants of that A/C system. Dash out and the area of the glove box is gone.

[jgerock]

here is the only shot I could find of the remnants of that A/C system. Dash out and the area of the glove box is gone.

Not to mention the missing chunk of the tunnel!

[eurotrash]

Jake Metz in our facebook group just pulled one very similar from his car, but the cover on the dash was gone.

I have one in the garage attic that mounts in place of the glove box, and uses the same face on the shelf.

EDIT. I was looking at the console earlier... That IS the AC unit I have.

[Ray-2002tii]

I have seen that a/c on a car recently. It was dealer added but don't remember the name. Looks TERRIBLE!

[Mike Self]

first FridgiKing iteration for 1600s and 2002s. The air outlets covered the little shelf on the dashboard, and the plumbing took most of the glovebox. It was replaced by the more conventional console-only unit around 1971 or so; I've only seen this early style in 68-70 cars, and only a few of them.

I've heard that Mark IV also made a similar unit, but I've not seen one.

mike