More Vintage Air in a 57 questions

[Russell Ashley]

I'm installing a VintageAir setup in my 57 and I'm not liking the way it's going. I have four 1 1/4 inch holes in my firewall plus a couple of other smaller ones. What I don't like is the connections for the heater and a/c on the evap unit run parallel to the firewall and will be behind the unit when I bolt it in place. The connections on the unit don't seem to match where the instructions say to make the holes. It looks like I will have to connect the lines before bolting it in permanetly and also looks like the heater hoses will have to make a 90 degree bend. It also looks like it will be impossible to change the heater hoses when it's installed.
At this point I almost wish I had gone with Old Aire because their connections are accessible under the hood.

Others here on this forum have mentioned that they installed VA setups before and I'm just wondering how you handled this situation. Pics would be great.