heater delete

[rat tuned]

I want to turn my car into a factory appearing radio and heater delete car. the car is a 69 chevelle. my thanx to the person who sent me some photos of the 69 yenko chevelle. the radio delete I purchased already. what I want to do is purchase the kit that is available from OPG for a 66-67 chevelle. it appears that the pieces that attach to the firewall are the same? most of the catalogs list the gaskets from 66-72 for the heater box as the same so I'm assuming they will fit. for the piece that fits into the dash I want to strip the housing for the heater controls and outline a piece of plastic and paint it to match. does anyone make a whole setup for this? I have never seen it on a 68 or later chevelle. thanx

[Rat_Pack]

Rat Tuned, I have sent you an email that includes the two pages from the 69 Chevelle assy manual showing option C48 heater delete. You can make the dash opening insert with no problem as there is a good drawing of it from the backside of the instrument cluster...............RatPack.............

[Rat_Pack]

One other thing I forgot to answer was whether the pieces on the firewall fit. I have been told yes by a friend that installed them on his 68. They should work on your 69 then. Anyone else know for sure..............RatPack............

[copo69]

I bought a set of the repops from Sherman Associates a few years ago (I assume they still stamp them),when they first came out and they were the same shape as the GM pieces but looked like they had been cut out with a chainsaw so I returned them. You'll need to fabricate the block offs for the defroster ducts in the dash.

[copo69]

I meant same shape as original '69 pieces.

[X77D80]

I've got a friend looking for the firewall pieces for his 69 Camaro. Wonder if these will work??

[Rat_Pack]

X77D80, the piece that covers the blower hole will work as it is the same. I would almost bet that the other piece would work but not sure. For some reason I remember that the non-a/c heater box is the same for the Chevelle and Camaro with a small block. Get some measurements first. Drawings in the assy manuals look the same, but those are drawings...............RatPack...............

[68l30]

I have the firewall pieces for a Camaro 67-69 if you need a measurement.

Steve

[Rick]

I had, at the same time, an original set of 67-68 camaro heater delete pieces dash & firewall, a set of original 68 GTO dash and firewall pieces, and a set of repro 67 Chevelle dash and firewall.

The 2 firewall pieces for all were the same.

I looked in a interchange manual and the same blower motor is used for 67-74 f-body,
64-74 a-body, 71-74 x-body.

[rat tuned]

on the pictures of the yenko with the heater delete it still showed the astro ventilition balls and vents in the passenger side(chrome balls). would this be correct? maybe air circulation was possible with the car moving. I think I'll order the kit from opg. thanx for all the input.

[sixtiesmuscle]

Anybody have a complete [or pieces of] a heater delete set up for a '70 GTO? From the sounds of this, the firewall pieces may be easy, but, the dash piece is different.Also need radio delete plate. Any help is appreciated.

[Edited by sixtiesmuscle (01-01-2002 at 11:48 AM).]

[rat tuned]

I would check on e-bay. I have seen chevelle 1's go for 50-100 dollars good luck

[Rat_Pack]

rat tuned, even with the C48 heater delete both Camaro's and Chevelle's still kept the vents in the dash. They were part of the Astro ventilation which was std equipment. For some reason the Chevelle assy manual does not show any block off plates for the defroster ducts and the drawings show the duct still mounted in the car...........RatPack...................

[rat tuned]

great info thanx agaim mike

[Rick]

I was looking through my 67 Firebird master parts catalog today and noticed that when a car had a heater delete set up the 2 openings on top of the dash had covers (pn 3903478) placed over them, instead of the Y duct work for the windshield defroster.
Also if you had a radio delete the speaker grill on top of the dash had a cover also (pn 3903481).