MC-71 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I have my whole interior stripped. I have my heater box out and my A/C box out in the engine compartment. I have both cleaned to original looks. Im wondering if anyone Clear Coated both of these parts. If so what have you used to do it and any other recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jft69z Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I sprayed my engine compartment box with clear. I think I used Krylon semi gloss clear, If I remember correctly. (It's what was laying around at the time, anything would work though.) Just a fairly light coat, to even it up overall where there looked like 'dry' spots on the original surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 I think i did mine with Krylon semi-gloss also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 When I had the motor out of the 72 a few years ago I primed my ac box and painted it SEM Trim Black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC-71 Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 I started to paint a repro box black base coat clear but only painted one half and never finished the other side. Any chance in posting a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420ponies Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Krylon Clear coated mine 17 yrs,still looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 These are not the best but I have not used the camera in quite a while and forgot how it works. Taking it to my daughters house for Christmas and have to have my 16 yr old grandson reteach me. Also it has been about 8 years since I painted it so it is showing some wear and tear form having the engine out again and other maintacne projects. But it does look better than when I got the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnette Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Looks nice Larry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC-71 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Thanks Larry. I like the look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS65Speed Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I also did a clear coat paint job on the evap housing. First a good clean up to remove the dirt and grime then a couple of light coats of clear. Be careful using abrasives on the housing if you want to retain the factory surface look. BTW that is a 1969 Pontiac Gran Prix A/C evap housing not an MC housing. The GP unit allows use of a later model blower cage that is both taller ( longer if you will ) and the use a 1998 Vette blower motor. The fan / squirrel cage has more blades and longer blades: each with a more aggressive airfoil profile. Big improvement in air movement over the 70's version blower cages originally in these cars. Very minor mods needed to accommodate differences in the Pontiac versus Chevy units. Mods are related to the "sensors" and resistor mounting areas on the driver side of the evap housing. Everything else is plug and play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 The Evap case looks really nice. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS65Speed Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 17 hours ago, Rob Peters said: The Evap case looks really nice. rob Thanks for the reply. I got VERY lucky with that piece. Nothing but a good scrubbing with hot water and soap was needed for prep before paint. No stripped holes / no cracks: not bad for a 50 year old piece! Funny part was I read about the GP housing accommodating the "uprated" motor / squirrel cage and decided to make the change. I figured it would be near impossible to find one however. After the decision was made I immediately logged onto Ebay and there it was, first inquiry produced a score. Here is another pic of the housing install. I got lucky again a second time with the install. It was tight but I got the old housing out and the new one installed in the car by just removing inner fender and exhaust manifold on pass side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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