Jan 122014
 

I’m putting air conditioning into the Porsche and I bought a kit to install it but I’m not happy with the way the kit installs below the knee pad on the bottom of the dash. I decided that I’m going to try and build a custom knee pad that has the ducting built in. It should leave me more leg room and also look a lot better than the scab on kit. I’m also going to fabricate a custom heater box. I thought I could install my heating elements in the existing fan box but it turnabout not to be that simple. Project is growing a little bit every time I go out and work on it. List is getting bigger instead of smaller. I also found a lot of rust in the trunk that I am wire wheeling out along with removing the factory goop on the floor.

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Nov 222011
 

Ok. Spent some time getting dimensions and started cutting steel for the ac installation. Here is a quick overview of what I plan to do. I’ll get a better video once I start putting the parts into the car.

Jan 242011
 

I spent a few minutes today “playing” with the condenser to see where it fits best in the front trunk. Here are a few photos showing it propped up with a screwdriver near where I plan to install it. It will probably end up a little farther forward in the car, and it will also be swapped around so that the fittings are on the passenger side. Anyhow, this is the first real start to the project beyond pulling out all the batteries from the car. Now its time to start the real work.