Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

[David D.]

Working on a friends '64 A/C coupe noticed that his Left, Right and Rear Vent pulls under the cluster were located in different locations when compared to mine (not an A/C car). Don't know if or why that should make a difference, but added just in case.....

Well actually he only has 2 of what I thought should be 3 pulls. On the left was the obvious left front vent, there was no pull for the right front vent and on the extreme right was the pull vent (Off, low, med, high) for the green house vent that was added in '64.

Mine are located.....left is front left vent, just the the right of it, and just left of steering column is the pull vent (Off, low, med, high) for the green house vent. On the right side of cluster bottom is the Right vent pull.

We looked through the AIM, Nolan's and Service manuals (63 + 64 supplement) and could not find any clear picture or description. SO, can any one say how these should be configured, or better yet add a picture?

Thanks in Advance,
David

[Don H.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

A midyear with AC does not have a vent cable for the right side, that air inlet is used for the AC. A 64 (or 65) coupe with AC has the left vent control and the power vent control on the right side. I believe the 64 & 65 configuration is the same. Email me if you want pictures of my 65. Don H.

[David D.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

A midyear with AC does not have a vent cable for the right side, that air inlet is used for the AC. A 64 (or 65) coupe with AC has the left vent control and the power vent control on the right side. I believe the 64 & 65 configuration is the same. Email me if you want pictures of my 65. Don H.

Don,
I sent you an email. I would appreciate a picture(s).
David

[William C.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

Look in the '64 AIM, in the C-60 section, sheet E6.50 and I believe you will find your answer.

[Alan D.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

Also note on page D272 (C60) that the head light switch gets changed to mount under the dash as opposed to a nonAC which is above.

[Wayne M.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

Also note on page D272 (C60) that the head light switch gets changed to mount under the dash as opposed to a nonAC which is above.

Good point, Alan. Same under-dash switch attachment shows in the '65 AIM [UPC C60, Sheet E7]. The '65 TIM&JG seems to imply that for both air and non-air cars, the ears (of the switch) are on the backside of the cluster. Wonder how the C60 cars (both '64 and '65) are currently being judged ?

[David D.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

Look in the '64 AIM, in the C-60 section, sheet E6.50 and I believe you will find your answer.

Bill...thanks, I guess we both never looked long enough. That sure does explain it.

Also note on page D272 (C60) that the head light switch gets changed to mount under the dash as opposed to a nonAC which is above.

Alan....I don't see that on page D272, but I do see it on D275 (C60) To me D272 is the Dash center piece showing A/C switches and cables.

Thanks All,
David

[Richard S.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

dave; my 64 coupe (no air f.i.) the exhaust fan pully is on the far left closest to drivers door , then the driver side vent pull. right side of column is pass. side vent pull

[David D.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

A midyear with AC does not have a vent cable for the right side, that air inlet is used for the AC. A 64 (or 65) coupe with AC has the left vent control and the power vent control on the right side. I believe the 64 & 65 configuration is the same. Email me if you want pictures of my 65. Don H.

Don, big thanks for the pictures you provided showing an A/C car vent orientation.

dave; my 64 coupe (no air f.i.) the exhaust fan pully is on the far left closest to drivers door , then the driver side vent pull. right side of column is pass. side vent pull

Rich, as you know that is different from my non A/C car. Guess they could have been inadvertently swapped at some point in time. Seems like the rear vent pull being on the extreme left makes for a more severe bend before heading to the back....Any chance you can shoot me a picture. I'm still trying to put some pieces of this puzzle in the correct place.

All much appreciated.
David

[Wayne M.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

Don, big thanks for the pictures you provided showing an A/C car vent orientation.



Rich, as you know that is different from my non A/C car. Guess they could have been inadvertently swapped at some point in time. Seems like the rear vent pull being on the extreme left makes for a more severe bend before heading to the back....Any chance you can shoot me a picture. I'm still trying to put some pieces of this puzzle in the correct place.

All much appreciated.
David

David -- this should give you some idea. These pics are both from '65s but that should make no difference. The non-air car (first pic on left) is a convertible; the air car (other 3 pics) is a coupe w/36gal, which means no rear cabin vent motor. The LH air conditioning duct is removed, which helps describe what we're seeing.

LH pic: notice the 2 holes to the right of the headlight motor roll-up switch; this is where the rear blower motor for coupes ( exc. C60) goes. You can see the outline of where some cable bracket was mounted, probably the LH kickpad vent, by pre-1988 owners. Next, notice the rectangular cut-out. This is where the headlight roll switch goes on air cars. The slot shown is too small for the H/L switch, so you had to break off a pre-indexed tab on the bottom of the panel. This means the LH kick pad vent cable can no longer be mounted there, and is moved to the immediate right of the steering column. Then, for coupes w/C60, this leaves only the 2 holes on the extreme right of the panel for the rear blower control cable.

Notice on the middle 2 pics that the ears of the headlight roll switch on this air car are on the OUTSIDE of the instr. panel. This is what Alan mentioned, and I'd like to get others' feedback on this (how it was judged; if TIM&JG's discuss, etc.)

You can see on 2nd pic where the longer C60 hood release bracket has moved to the inboard set of mounting holes.

On 4th pic, ignore the 2 Bubba holes to the right of the LH kickpad cable (now installed immediately to the right of the column); you can see the two holes on extreme RH of instr. panel -- notice no indications of having been threaded (just like the check for '65-7 N14 cars .)

Both the LH kickpad cable and the rear blower cable have different part #'s for with and w/o C60, due to length.

[Richard S.]

Re: Location of Vents pulls on '64 Coupe

dave; i just viewed waynes pictures and will use them as reference since i have no clue how to post pictures. using his first picture my exhaust fan pull is bolted to the two holes to the immediate right of the head light bucket switch, then the open space then the pull for the driver side vent. in this sequence the exhaust vent pull cable goes directly back slightly to the leeft and goes between the fuse block and the kick panel then dissapears down to floor and back to fan no kinks. the vent cable makes a large S shape. mine is approx. 16 inches long from bracket to vent, if it were moved to the position of the exhaust pull the S would really be squezzed down and would be way to long and cause problems. hope this helps you. richard