Vintage Air question
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Mountain Pass
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Vintage Air question
Mornin all. I installed the Vintage Air for my 66 F100. Not happy with the glove box **** fix that came with the kit since the lid springs won't work now. Those with VA installed, what did you do to open and close the glove box lid. I want to keep the original **** of course. I can rig up something, but, curious what others have done. TIA, Al
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There are some stainless steel magnetic cabinet latches on Amazon for $6 to $12 bucks, look like they would work. Mount to the top inside of the glove box, put a thin piece of felt over the magnet so it doesn't "Clank" when closed?
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Magnets and adhesive are the way to go. I had a shop install mine and I was appalled at the POS latch setup.
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From: Tulsa, OK
Look for small round neo magnets. You can find them on Amazon/ebay/harbor freight etc.
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-pie...waAjtFEALw_wcB
They are super strong and you can get a variety of sizes. A little bit of epoxy too keep them in place and they will hold it shut. You can put felt over them as well. A lot of custom car audio builders are using them as fasteners for panels and they work awesome. I have some that should work. Let me verify tonight and if so, I'll send them to you.
https://www.harborfreight.com/10-pie...waAjtFEALw_wcB
They are super strong and you can get a variety of sizes. A little bit of epoxy too keep them in place and they will hold it shut. You can put felt over them as well. A lot of custom car audio builders are using them as fasteners for panels and they work awesome. I have some that should work. Let me verify tonight and if so, I'll send them to you.
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Mountain Pass
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JJ: Thanks for the offer. I do have a roll of adhesive strip magnet around here someplace, I'll be looking tonight. If it don't work out, we do have a Harbor Freight close to my work.
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AlsRyd66 question if you don’t mind since you installed your own VA. I need to pull my original radio out and my question is if I drop the VA center plenum can I drop the radio down out the bottom of the dash?
is it just the vent tubes and plastic?
Thanks
is it just the vent tubes and plastic?
Thanks
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