Heritage Series A/C and Heat
For the longest time air conditioning was a dream that many an early hot rodder didn’t have—in fact, couldn’t have—on their early iron. As times changed air conditioning worked its way onto all forms of transportation to the point it’s almost impossible to purchase any car or truck today that doesn’t have a sophisticated cooling and heating system. Even so, hot rods and A/C were still distant cousins. However, over time Vintage Air (VA), serving the rodding community since the mid ’70s, made it “kool to be cool.”
In fact, Vintage Air founder Jack Chisenhall proved a point back in 1995 by taking his 1953 Studebaker (initially begun at the hands of the late Jim Ewing of Super Bell Axle Company) and stuffed a 705-inch Chevy into it and cranked out a max run of 241 mph. Oh, did we mention that the Stude maintained a constant 40-degree cool air from the VA A/C unit while at speed! VA has gone on to additional eye-opening accomplishments. For instance, back in 2003 Ford Motor Company reintroduced the Ford GT and selected VA to be the A/C unit supplier and they continue to be on the current generation GT. It was 18-plus years ago that VA developed an A/C system for electric vehicles. (Yes, electric hot rods are Once again, on the leading edge of our industry by supplying what’s needed.
