Fresh air delete question

[Harpie]

Ok I'm to the point I'm starting body work on my cab and I don't want the fresh air vents. I searched around to see if anyone has patched over the hole and deleted them but I may not be wording my search correctly. What is the best way to go about this.
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[Street Smart]

Curious why you`re deleting them, I use them all the time. I even crack them open a little to blend with the A.C. if it gets to to cold.

[Harpie]

Well I just figured I can crack a window just didn't see the point in leaving them since I spent an hour trying to clean the 40 years for crap out of them the other day when I got my cab ready to pull off the frame. I may leave them but don't think I will ever use them.
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[Nova_Cobra64]

I searched the same thing myself a while back and had some trouble as well. With some digging I did manage to find examples of some people who have done it, usually when installing aftermarket AC as most units prevent the passenger side vent from opening. I elected to shave mine, but the truck is still just in the build stage.

[djmachinist]

Originally Posted by Nova_Cobra64

I searched the same thing myself a while back and had some trouble as well. With some digging I did manage to find examples of some people who have done it, usually when installing aftermarket AC as most units prevent the passenger side vent from opening. I elected to shave mine, but the truck is still just in the build stage.

To add to this: Vintage air supplies a vacuformed abs plastic cover that fits in the recess of the vent. With their under dash unit, the vent can't be opened so they supply the cover. I ordered a second one to fill the driver's side vent. It worked fine.

Dale

[Sequoyah]

Who doesn't love fresh air? :p

[406 Q-ship]

Originally Posted by Harpie

Well I just figured I can crack a window just didn't see the point in leaving them since I spent an hour trying to clean the 40 years for crap out of them the other day when I got my cab ready to pull off the frame. I may leave them but don't think I will ever use them.
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You know the crap did not get in through the fresh air vents but through the grate behind the hood (which supplies air for the heater/ A/C). The vents give you a place to easily get in to clean all that junk out.

[DorianB]

To add to that, if you don't take care to put in a grill or something to stop stuff from getting in there, you will not have any way to get the stuff out that drops in there over the next 40 yewars.

[TigerDMD]

I put a smoothed cowl panel and then the body shop put seam sealer around the vents sealing them in place before they painted