NK Project Update

[MikeinNC]

Sitting on all four wheels now

[Dave_PA]

Sitting on all four wheels now

What is orange with a red back up light in the background at the toy shop??

Keep up the great work Mike!

[Luis]

That's a milestone Mike. Good job.

In regards to green, you mean like this...?:

[HarryPR]

Beautiful, Mike! Hadn't seen this thread until now.

Too bad it won't be ready for The Vintage. Would love to check it out!

[MikeinNC]

Been a while since I put up some progress photos and seeing Peter's shots yesterday reminded me  I needed to do that   Slowly getting there

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bunch of pictures  here if you want to see more

 

http://s20.photobucket.com/user/mikeinnc/library/BMW%201800?sort=3&page=1

 

[jgerock]

Very nice Mike!

[Mike_B]

Very nice!  Seeing your progress always gives me some motivation to keep rolling on mine.

 

Tell us more about the A/C setup.  Will it fit with the stock console?

[jmon0261]

Mike where did you find the air box ?

[MikeinNC]

Mike    No   Will have to modify old by shortening or build a new console, probably the latter so I don't have to butcher my nice console.   Its a Vintage Air unit, and with one of Hobie Dave's awesome compressor brackets it all has gone together nicely.  Had to make brackets for condenser and Hayden fan, route lines and all but the NK has just that much extra room that it makes it a little easier.   Have modified the stock air box to retain fresh air cowl intake  (pictures maybe next time)    I stuck the fan in there for a picture which is below so you can see how I did that.   Had to move it a bit away to the right to have a place to route the heater and AC lines   Those Vintage Air folks have all kinds of neat stuff   Esty's NK carpet is going in very nicely too!!!

 

 

 

Joe

Came from Germany   Took forever to get to the States   Could not get some guy in CA to sell me his      Just kidding    I still want another for my Ti  

Edited July 18, 2013 by MikeinNC

[kris]

Nice work Mike.  Great having all that NK space for the AC!

[Luis]

Great job Mike. It's looking amazing. It has to be the only NK with working AC! Did Vintage Air supply just the evaporator or also the air box it sits in? Are there pics of the evaporator in your album? R134 or R12 (or propane...? I have been reading about this; it seems to be a very effective refrigerant)

[MikeinNC]

Luis

The unit comes with the evaporator installed along with heater core, and electric motors to move dampers and all    Electric heater control valve too.   Awesome unit     It uses 134 Freon with Sanden compressor    Pretty neat setup.    I just need to figure out now how/where to put the mid level louver/outlets    Defrost and floor dumps are easy 

[mcmil]

Mike,

Lots of 2000's have vents on the ends of the dashboard that are attached to the defroster vents.

[MikeinNC]

Got my head right and did headliner today

 

 

 

[designpunk]

Looking good there Mike........a patience test for sure.

Can we get a clip count from ya?

I kid, I kid.

 

Looking good......good luck, jim h

Edited August 5, 2013 by designpunk