60 Evaporator question

[kenyon wills <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would these flaps be the black oval ones about an inch high
on the firewall below the fiberglass AC hump?


--- KerryPinkerton <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Any handy rubber or gasket material will work.  Even
> an old inner tube and silicone.  Those 'flaps' allow
> fresh air into the car but actually just pull fresh
> heat from outside the engine. Several folks who have
> sealed them up noticed considerably colder air
> immediately.
> 
> Kerryp
> --- IndyImp62@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hello fellow Imperialists,
> > 
> > I am in the process of trying to restore the AC of a
> > 1960 Imp.  I sent the 
> > compressor and drier off to Vintage Auto Air in
> > Florida.  This may have been 
> > a mistake.  Has anyone had experience with them?
> > 
> > The rubber drain flaps on the Evaporator are of
> > course, nonexistent.  It 
> > seems that I have read past posts that these can be
> > sealed up as there is 
> > already a drain tube.  So my question is; Can these
> > be sealed up and with 
> > what?  Do I need to find replacement rubber for
> > these, and where?
> > 
> > All help is appreciated.  Thank you,
> > Steve
> > 60 4 door Southampton
> > 62 conv.
> > 65 conv.
> > 62 300 H
> > 
> >