Custom Heater Core

[Fugly78]

I was perusing through the treads in the last couple of days and noticed that most of us use the same, stock heater core and boxes on our rigs. Since I started into this foray of messing with my engine components (and the royal pain it was with the bolts near the heater core) - has anyone swapped their heater core for something else a bit more custom? Vintage Air? Flex-A-Lite Mojave? Something completely different?

I had an old '52 Chev pickup that had a nice, self-contained unit under the dash once that I wish I still had. It kept the firewall pretty clean and had to fit under a much smaller dash than what is in my Chief.

Since we have so much unused space under our dashes, has anyone tackled this?

[lindel]

If you have AC, that eats up any "unused" space, which is why the heater box is on the outside.

[whsii]

I have been in contact with vintage air. A friend just purchased a system for a 69 Chevy short bed. It is fitting beautifully!

I e-mailed them for information on the J10, they referred me to their custom pages, where you have to roll your own.

There system is very nice, but there would be many many custom fittings / hoses you would have to make, from what I have seen.

The heater box and fan, and the inside air box would be eliminated with the system, but the plumbing would be major.

[letank]

IIRC, superken on the other list had a vintage air.

[j10jim]

I think Zack from Z&M did it to a truck and knows what parts are needed. He posted it last year I think on the other list.