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Post by pushnfords on May 27, 2010 16:43:53 GMT -5
The owner of the II I'm working on is tall like me...and we both like driving with our arm resting on the tops of doors. Has anyone removed the side windows on a II? Does the door flex too much without them? How is the interior ventilation with the windows?
Thanks,
Derek
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Post by bobevans on May 28, 2010 14:14:01 GMT -5
Pushnfords....The ventilation sucks on the GT2..The first one I bought had the side windows gone, and it was somewhat better, but is was still bad at best...The next one I bought had side windows and sliders...I made little air scoops out of plastic soft drink bottles and put them in the slider opening, closed the slider down to the bottle and improved the interior airflow greatly..this was a quick temporary fix, but could work if someone wanted to make a permanent air scoop in the window opening... As far as driving with your arm on the window opening, I am 6'1" and still cannot put my arm on the ledge comfortably...If you are tall enough to do that, then your head will project through the roof opening... ;D bobevans
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Post by pushnfords on May 30, 2010 3:26:29 GMT -5
Have you had a GT2 with working A/C? Is it worth the expense of fixing the A/C and the trouble of working around it in the engine compartment? Looking at the thin fiberglass and all of the glass/plastic area it looks to me like the A/C would be fighting a losing battle against heat.
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Post by mj on May 30, 2010 8:28:56 GMT -5
GTII cabin ventilation is poor. For good weather, just pop off the T-Top panels.
But Bradley has a solution that I don't think many people use. In front of the middle and passenger side, on what would be a firewall, is a plastic panel. Mine is semi-transparent. Behind that is a 'box' area that goes forward to include the rear two vents on the hood. This area is for the air-conditioning exchange, but you can use it without air.
Crawl down there and I think you will see it. This set-up will separate rain from the air. Be sure that there are a couple tube valves on the bottom of the box that will drain the box if rain comes in.
Cut open the two rearmost louver/vents (by the windshield). Mount a 12V fan into the box by the passenger side so that it draws from the vents, to the box, to wherever you wish the air to blow. I recommend centrifugal fans with hoses. (Two came with my car.)
I don't have Jeff Troy's CDROM handy, but I'm sure it shows the system.
To facilitate the even cutting of the vents, and to pretty them up, I made stainless steel louver/vent frames. Later I will try to find pictures of them to post.
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Post by pushnfords on May 30, 2010 12:45:37 GMT -5
I don't have Jeff Troy's CDROM handy, but I'm sure it shows the system. Thanks for the info. What is this CDROM and where does one purchase it?
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Post by mj on May 30, 2010 16:07:46 GMT -5
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Post by pushnfords on May 30, 2010 22:48:59 GMT -5
Thanks, just sent him a pm.
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Post by superdave008 on May 31, 2010 23:40:21 GMT -5
I've been working on the air problem for my Bradley for a while,and appreciated the info. I've been planning to cut out the top of that area but would like to see some pictures of the chrome louvers you were talking about. i had planned to put heavy black mesh over the hole and drains in the bottom . I even looked at an old pickup truck that had a pop up louver for cool air, but couldn't visualize it and scrapped that idea.
tks, for the info. Dave
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Post by superdave008 on Jun 2, 2010 23:20:34 GMT -5
I live in Colorado and everyone here has a swamp cooler. a few years back i saw a torpedo tube like contraption on a passenger side window at a car show that looked different and had an idea of mounting one underneath . any one know how they work?
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Post by mj on Jun 4, 2010 9:15:46 GMT -5
I live in Colorado and everyone here has a swamp cooler. a few years back i saw a torpedo tube like contraption on a passenger side window at a car show that looked different and had an idea of mounting one underneath . any one know how they work? I have one of those swamp coolers for the Bug. It worked great in the High Plains Desert of New Mexico, but is no good here in humid Minnesota.
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